Effect of Knowledge Sharing, Participative Decision Making and Transformational Leadership on Organizational Performance

This is the era of information economy. Performance of the organization is credited to knowledge and information. Intellectual capital is considered to be the most important assets. But dilemma is that only some organization focus on generation and preservation of knowledge. Old methods of dealing with rapidly changing world are becoming obsolete; there is need of proper knowledge management practices to cope with dynamic environment. This paper is intended to study the impact ofKnowledge Sharing, Participative Decision Making and Transformational Leadership on Organization Performance. Data was collected through questionnaire from health, education, manufacturing, telecom and financial sector of Gujranwala and Lahore region of Pakistan using stratified random sampling technique. Sample size was 300 and 245 complete questionnaires were received back with response rate of 81.7%. Results of this research are favorable and will help organizations to learn importance of KM and the impact of KM practices on organizational performance. This study is important for academia, as it will help them build models for further expansion of KM domain. It offers valuable information about KM to all the organizations particularly those operating in Pakistan.