Faculty of Accountancy
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
40450 Shah Alam Selangor Darul Ehsan
MALAYSIA
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan
MALAYSIA
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan
MALAYSIA
Faculty of Accountancy
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
40450 Shah Alam Selangor Darul Ehsan
MALAYSIA
Abstract
Effectiveness in managing knowledge asset is essential to improve the quality services and to enhance performance. The purpose of this study is to explore on how hospitals extracting the value of their knowledge assets in order to sustain and be competitive by considering leadership styles factors. The data collection was carried out by survey. Questionnaires were distributed to all top management team of private hospitals in Malaysia. From the survey, the results indicate that transformational leadership styles are significantly related to the knowledge assets element. This suggests that some hospitals might use the characteristics of transformational leadership styles such as idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration to enhance knowledge assets management. The findings might also assist the regulators and managers of the hospitals to formulate strategies in enhancing governance of knowledge assets.