Investigating the Impact of Organizational Culture and Leadership Style on Technology Adoption and Knowledge Management: the Case of Qazvin Manufacturing Companies

The purpose of this study is evaluating the impact of organizational culture and leadership style on knowledge management considering the mediating role of technology acceptance. The hypotheses were tested against the data collected from a sample of 54 manufacturing companies in Qazvin province, using the variance based structural equations modeling (partial least square technique) and path analysis method. The findings reveal that organizational culture and transformational leadership have a positive impact on knowledge management, but there are no positive impacts between transactional leadership and knowledge management. And also transactional leadership does not impact technology acceptance positively. Among the factors explaining transformational leadership, motivation and inspiration (most of all), individual attention and intellectual stimulation have a positive impact on knowledge management, while none of the transactional leadership indicators have significant influence on knowledge management and technology acceptance. Finally, findings indicate that acceptance of technology also has a significant and positive impact on knowledge management. The results of this research help managers to understand the impact of their leadership style and organizational culture on the acceptance of technology so that they can improve their companies’ knowledge management.