摘要：Innovation is one of the key factors distinguishing organizations from competitors in today’s
highly competitive markets. Therefore, improving innovative performance is critical for creating
competitive advantage. On the other hand, availability of information and knowledge can be defined
as one the best ways to increase the innovation ability of organizations. Many theorists as
well as practitioners emphasize on knowledge management as an enabler in enhancing organizational
innovation. Hence, This study is carried out in the Fars governor in Iran during the year of
2017 to investigate the relationship between the knowledge-based leadership and knowledge management
and innovation performance. This study is descriptive / survey and the data collection is
a cross-sectional and data questionnaire is used to collect the required data. Data analysis and hypotheses
testing have indicated a significant relationship between knowledge-based leadership
and knowledge management and innovation performance in Fars governor. The results also suggest
a relationship between knowledge-based leadership and the knowledge management activities
with a coefficient of 0.97. In addition, There is also a positive and meaningful relationship between
knowledge management and innovation performance with a coefficient of 0.73 and between
knowledge-based leadership and innovation performance with a coefficient of 0.73. The results
also led to the existence of a relationship between knowledge based leadership, knowledge management
practices and innovation performance with a coefficient of 0.7081.
关键词：Knowledge based leadership;
Knowledge management;
Innovation performance
