A Native Model for Evaluating the Impact of Knowledge Management on the Performance with the Mediating Role of Organizational Process Empowerment at Universities

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Article 2, Volume 10, Spring & summer 2018 - Serial Number 19, September 2018, Pages 21-38   

Document Type: Articles

DOI: 10.22067/pmt.v10i1.64214

Authors

Seyyd Kamal Tourang^{* 1}; Mehrdad Madhoshi²; Hasanali Aghajani²; Abdolhamid Safaei ghdikolaei²

¹University of Mazandaran

²University of Mazandaran

Abstract

1-  INTRODUCTION
Knowledge management facilitates and accelerates communication and information exchange in every organization and can represent innovation, empowerment and efficiency of organizations (especially, universities). In such circumstances, organizations may employ knowledge in order to improve their performance (Barney, 1991; Karkoulian et al., 2013). prganizational performance represents its survival status in the present environment. the emphasis of management on the contribution of employees to performance improvement indicates the importance of this issue. this may be implemented as an infrastructural investment on human resources through permeating into the working area. in these situations, high and desirable performance is expected from every organization (Mousakhani et al., 2009).

Keywords

knowledge management; Knowledge assets; knowledge process capabilities; universities performance; organizational process Capabilities

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