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Purpose While the prior research suggests that leadership has important influences on IT acceptance and use, there has been little empirical investigation that identifies the specific managerial behaviors associated with adoption success. This study attempts to address this issue by exploring the influence of empowering leadership on knowledge management system KMS adoption through its effects on tasktechnology fit and compatibility.Designmethodologyapproach To test the proposed research model, data were collected through a questionnaire survey sent to IT managers of 500 large companies in Taiwan.Findings The results show that empowering leadership has an indirect effect on KMS usage. Empowering leadership was positively related to both tasktechnology fit and compatibility, which in turn were both positively related to usage of KMS.Research limitationsimplications There are two limitations to this study, requiring further examination and additional research. First, the sample was drawn from Taiwanese organizations. Hence, the research model should be tested further using samples from other countries, because cultural differences may exist between Taiwan and other countries. Second, this study obtained just 151 completed questionnaires for a 30.2 percent response rate. The limited number of respondents in the survey also causes concern. As a larger sample that brings more statistical power can provide more stable and consistent results, the study should be verified with a larger sample to increase generalization.Practical implications This study suggests that practitioners should not only focus on the technology issue i.e. providing suitable knowledge to meet user needs and accruing high compatibility with user working style, but also be concerned with the impact of leadership style. Managers should consider how to empower subordinates appropriately, a decision that can indeed facilitate the development of an environment where employees participate in knowledge management activities more spontaneously. Without such appropriate leadership, however, even though firms may introduce a wellbuilt KMS, it is unlikely that system would effectively exert its full range of benefits.Originalityvalue The results of the study will be useful to practitioners in understanding the type of leadership that should be employed in the context of KMS, thus increasing the success rate for adopting the system and further achieving knowledge management goals.
Management Decision – Emerald Publishing
Published: Aug 2, 2011
Keywords: Management styles; Empowering leadership; Knowledge management; Taiwan
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