Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 MA. Graduate of Educational Planning and Management, Allameh Tabataba’i University
2 Assistant Professor, Allameh Tabataba’i University
Abstract
Senior leadership has been identified as a critical factor in fostering Enterprise
Resource Planning systems success. Although, previous studies have
investigated the impact of transformational leadership on Enterprise Resource
Planning from various angles, however, the role of transformational leadership
on Enterprise Resource Planning systems success at the University has not been
studied. The purpose of this study was determine the role of transformational
leadership on Enterprise Resource Planning systems success at the University.
The research model was tested through a survey in Allameh Tabataba'i
University, University of Economic Sciences, and Ministry of Science, Research
and Technology. Correlation analysis of multivariate data was done on the
completed questionnaires by 200 employees. The results of the Structural
Equation Modeling showed that Transformational leadership is positively
related with Enterprise Resource Planning systems success. Organizational
culture mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and
Enterprise Resource Planning systems success. However, transformational
leadership is not positively related with ERP explicit knowledge sharing. Also,
the results showed that organizational culture and ERP explicit knowledge
sharing is positively related with enterprise resource planning systems success
and ERP explicit knowledge sharing mediates the relationship between
transformational leadership and enterprise resource planning systems success.
The research findings can provide guidelines for the top executives to facilitate
appropriate organizational culture, so as to foster ERP knowledge sharing and
achieve business benefits with the assimilation of ERP systems.
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