Imam Hossein University Strategic Management of Organizational Knowledge 2645-4262 4 1 2026 07 16 The interaction of Open Innovation with Absorptive Capacity, Leadership, and Organizational Learning Culture in Knowledge-Based Companies: Analyzing a moderated mediation model The interaction of Open Innovation with Absorptive Capacity, Leadership, and Organizational Learning Culture in Knowledge-Based Companies: Analyzing a moderated mediation model 197 228 206161 10.47176/smok.2021.1247 FA Meysam Babaee Farsani PhD of Industrial Management, Institute of Noor-e-Hedayat, Shahre Kord, Iran Sadegh Hasani Moghadam Ph.D. Student in Systems Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran Farhad Farhadi PhD of Industrial Management, Institute of Noor-e-Hedayat, Shahre Kord, Iran Journal Article The purpose this study was to investigate the effect of empowering leadership on open innovation with regard to organizational learning culture and adjusting adsorptive capacity. This study was an applied method and a Correlation research. The research tool based on the standard questionnaire of Naqshbandi and et al (2019) which was done by the participation of 131 managers and experts of the knowledge-based companies of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province after measuring validity (convergent, divergent and exploratory) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha, hybrid and diestra), that were selected by random sampling method and through Morgan table, were implemented. Data analysis was implemented in two descriptive and inferential levels through “SPSS25” and “WarpPLS7 software”. Findings showed that the highest path coefficient (β = 0.79) and the determination coefficient (R2 = 0.63) corresponds to the empowering leadership to organizational learning culture, organizational learning culture has also fully mediated the relationship between empowering leadership and open internal (VAF = 0.64) and external innovation (VAF = 0.69 The purpose this study was to investigate the effect of empowering leadership on open innovation with regard to organizational learning culture and adjusting adsorptive capacity. This study was an applied method and a Correlation research. The research tool based on the standard questionnaire of Naqshbandi and et al (2019) which was done by the participation of 131 managers and experts of the knowledge-based companies of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province after measuring validity (convergent, divergent and exploratory) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha, hybrid and diestra), that were selected by random sampling method and through Morgan table, were implemented. Data analysis was implemented in two descriptive and inferential levels through “SPSS25” and “WarpPLS7 software”. Findings showed that the highest path coefficient (β = 0.79) and the determination coefficient (R2 = 0.63) corresponds to the empowering leadership to organizational learning culture, organizational learning culture has also fully mediated the relationship between empowering leadership and open internal (VAF = 0.64) and external innovation (VAF = 0.69 https://jkm.ihu.ac.ir/article_206161_38d35159c2e7f3867268d8f19bc64884.pdf