Systematic Literature Review of the Effect of Tacit Knowledge, Strategic Leadership, and Innovation on Organizational Performance

Abstract

The current systematic literature review is intended to analyze and synthesize literature that examined the effects of tacit knowledge, strategic leadership, and innovation on organizational performance. Using PRISMA, a systematic search was conducted on Scopus and Web of Science databases published between January 2019 and October 2023, resulting in a final number of 15 articles that met the inclusion criteria. The synthesis results from these articles show that tacit knowledge, strategic leadership, and innovation positively affect organizational performance. In addition, the results also show that most of the studies were conducted in the SMEs, public organizations, and professionals. Furthermore, dynamic capabilities theory, underlying theory, and resource dependence theory are the three theories most often used to explain these relationships. This study provides theoretical and practical contributions and directions for future research.