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Transformational leadership and knowledge sharing

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Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch

Abstract

The relationship between transformational leadership behaviors and knowledge sharing in Alvan Sabet Company is highlighted in this study. According to leaders of Alvan Sabet Co. the target populations of the research are totally 47 persons. Census Method has been used in this research due to population size. One main hypothesis and four sub-hypotheses which have been obtained from reviewing the related literature in the field were dealt with in this study. The target population responded to the questionnaires being distributed among them, and the final results displayed a high correlation between the transformational leadership style and knowledge sharing (0.771). 

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International Journal of Information Science and Management (IJISM)
Volume 14, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
July 2016
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  • Receive Date: 10 July 2016
  • Revise Date: 30 September 2023
  • Accept Date: 03 December 2022
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