Purpose: Effectively handling knowledge is crucial for any organisation in order to survive and prosper in the turbulent environments of the modern era. Leadership is a central element for knowledge creation, acquisition, utilisation and integration processes. Based on these considerations, this study offers an overview of the evolution of the literature regarding the knowledge management-leadership relationship published over the last twenty years. Design/methodology/approach: A bibliometric analysis coupled with a systematic literature review were performed over a dataset of 488 peer-reviewed articles published from 1990 to 2018. Findings: We discovered the existence of four well-polarised clusters with the following thematic focuses: human and relational aspects, systematic and performance aspects, contextual and contingent aspects, and cultural and learning aspects. We then investigated each thematic cluster by reviewing the most relevant contributions within them. Research limitations/implications: Based on the bibliometric analysis and the systematic literature review we developed an interpretative framework aimed at uncovering several promising and little explored research areas, thus suggesting an agenda for future knowledge management-leadership research. Some steps of the paper selection process may have been biased by the interpretation of the researcher. We addressed this concern by performing a multiple human subject reading process whose reliability was confirmed by a Krippendorf’s Alpha coefficient value > 0.80. Originality/value: To our best knowledge, this is the first study to map, systematise and discuss the literature concerned to the topic of the knowledge management-leadership relationship.

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知识管理与领导力之间的关系：规划领域并提供未来的研究途径

目的：有效地处理知识对于任何组织都至关重要，以便在当今动荡的环境中生存和繁荣。领导力是知识创造，获取，利用和整合过程的核心要素。基于这些考虑，本研究概述了近二十年来有关知识管理-领导关系的文献的发展。设计/方法/方法：对1990年至2018年发表的488篇经同行评审的文章的数据集进行了文献计量分析和系统的文献综述。结果：我们发现存在四个极化程度很高的集群，其主题重点如下：人与关系方面，系统和绩效方面，上下文和偶然性方面，文化和学习方面。然后，我们通过审查其中最相关的贡献来研究每个主题组。研究的局限性/含义：基于文献计量分析和系统的文献综述，我们建立了一个解释性框架，旨在揭示一些有前途且鲜有探索的研究领域，从而为未来的知识管理-领导力研究提出了议程。论文选择过程的某些步骤可能会因研究人员的理解而产生偏差。我们通过执行多个人类受试者阅读过程来解决此问题，该过程的可靠性通过Krippendorf的Alpha系数值> 0.80得以确认。原创性/价值：就我们所知，这是第一个映射的研究，