Knowledge-based leadership and scientific authority in medical universities; A review study

Leadership of large organizations such as medical universities require general, specialized knowledge for optimal organizational management. Knowledge-based organizational leadership is a necessity for organizational leadership and the importance of knowledge-based leadership in organizational development and Brexit scientific authority is not hidden. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the impact of knowledge-based leadership and scientific authority in medical universities. The present study is a review that has been done by searching the databases of Google Scholar, ProQuest, Elsevier, Pubmed, Iran Medex, Scopus in the range of 2003 to 2020. Searching for articles based on review keywords, Leadership, knowledge-based, authority. The results show that knowledge-based leadership is a leadership style in the organization that is the connecting point of the organization. Knowledge-based leadership (with general and specialized capabilities and optimal organizational management) is a valuable organizational asset that can implement the goals of leadership in a desirable way and the highest efficiency in the organization. Therefore, with proper leadership, organizational resources can be used with a scientific authority approach. The results of this study suggest to the officials of medical universities to use knowledge-based and effective leaders in the organization in order to promote scientific authority and organizational orientation.