Study of the lived experiences of the managers of Iranian knowledge-based companies in the field of knowledge leadership

Although until recently there was talk of knowledge management as an interesting topic in think tanks, now there is talk of knowledge leadership and it has attracted the attention of active thinkers in the field of management. Management issues are one of the main problems of start-up knowledge-based companies, and the combination of communication between knowledge-based and leadership issues can be very helpful for these companies. With the help of knowledge leadership, by combining engineering skills and leadership power, organizational goals can be achieved in knowledge-based companies. The purpose of this study is to study the lived experiences of managers of Iranian knowledge-based companies in the field of knowledge leadership. This qualitative research is of phenomenological type. The statistical population of the study is all managers of knowledge-based companies in Iran as key informants in the field of knowledge leadership. The statistical sample, by data saturation, is 12 interviews. Data analysis was performed by qualitative phenomenological research using 7-step cleavage method. The results showed that 206 codes were extracted at the beginning, after which 5 themes and 21 clusters were extracted according to the formulated concepts.Therefore, the lived experiences of the managers of knowledge-based companies in Iran in the field of knowledge-based leadership include 5 themes, which are: 1) Supportive policies 2) Staff training 3) Relationships with staff and consultation 4) Knowledge development in the company 5) Capability of the company.