Thesis:

Investigating the effect of knowledge-based leadership and human resource development on sustainable competitive advantage through organizational innovation factors

Organizations take more management actions by increasing knowledge-based leadership and ultimately improve performance by improving the level of innovation. Therefore, the present study examines the relationship between knowledge-based leadership, human resource development, innovation climate, and creative work behavior with sustainable competitive advantage with the mediating role of organizational innovation. The statistical population of this study is 80 managers and employees of small and medium-sized companies in Sabzevar city, who were selected as samples using convenience sampling. The data collection tool in this study is a questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which has been confirmed using the content validity method and Cronbach's alpha. In this study, the structural equation modeling approach and SPSS and PLS software were used to examine and test the hypotheses. The findings showed that at a confidence level of 0.95, there is a significant relationship between knowledge-based leadership and sustainable competitive advantage. There is a significant relationship between human resource development and sustainable competitive advantage. There is a significant relationship between knowledge-based leadership and innovation climate. There is a significant relationship between human resource development and innovation climate. There is also a significant relationship between knowledge-based leadership and creative work behavior with the mediating role of innovation climate. There is a significant relationship between human resource development and creative work behavior with the mediating role of innovation climate. There is a significant relationship between creative work behavior and competitive advantage with the mediating role of organizational innovation.

Keywords: Knowledge-based leadership, human resource development, innovation climate and creative work behavio