Maryam Mokhtari Dinani; Vida Mansouri Boroujeni; Nahid Atghia; Abbas Nazarian Madavani
Volume 18, Issue 46 , March 2020, , Pages 63-78
Abstract
The research is to study the structural equation modeling knowledge management, innovation and organizational efficiency of staff in Iran's Ministry of Sports and Youth. The statistical population was consisted of all employees of Ministry of Sport and Youth (N=430) from whom 203 subjects were selected ...
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The research is to study the structural equation modeling knowledge management, innovation and organizational efficiency of staff in Iran's Ministry of Sports and Youth. The statistical population was consisted of all employees of Ministry of Sport and Youth (N=430) from whom 203 subjects were selected according to Krejcie and Morgan Table. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used for modeling. The results showed that knowledge management has a direct impact upon organizational innovation and efficiency with path coefficient (pc) of 0.65 and 0.78, respectively. Application of knowledge, knowledge transfer, and acquisition of knowledge and recording of knowledge played the most important roles with impact factors of 0.79, 0.72, 041 and 0.32, respectively. Also, organizational innovation had a direct impact on organizational efficiency with path coefficient of 0.56. In addition to direct impact on organizational efficiency, knowledge management had an indirect impact through organizational innovation that was less effective than the direct impact. Based on the results, Knowledge Application and Knowledge Transfer must be promoted among the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth. So. it can increase the organizational innovation and effectiveness among the m.
