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.

Keywords

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