Title: Organisational learning: the link between knowledge management processes and organisational performance (case study: technology-based medium enterprise)

Authors: Marzieh Hidary; Sajjad Panahifar; Seyed Hasan Hosseini; Ebrahim Hajipour; Valliollah Asfandiyar; Alireza Moghaddam

Addresses: Department of Educational Sciences, Abadeh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadeh, Iran ' Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Imam Ali University, Tehran, Iran ' Educational Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract: This study examined the effects of knowledge management on organisational performance and the mediating effect of organisational learning on the relationship between the two in the Iranian context. The statistical population comprised 140 employees of a technology-based medium enterprise in Iran. The participants were selected via random sampling and based on Cochran's model. To illuminate the issue of interest, hypotheses were formulated. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analysed using structural equation modelling, after which relationships between variables were investigated. Validity of the questionnaires was examined and verified consulting the university professors and experts, and the questionnaires' reliability was determined by calculating their Cronbach's alpha, that, indicating adequate reliability of them. Results showed a positive and significant relationship between knowledge management and organisational learning and between knowledge management and organisational performance (95% confidence). Organisational learning was positively and significantly associated with organisational performance. The findings confirmed the mediating effect of organisational learning on the relationship between knowledge management and organisational performance.

Keywords: knowledge management; organisational learning; organisational performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2023.133220

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2023 Vol.20 No.5, pp.497 - 512

Received: 06 Sep 2021
Accepted: 05 Jul 2022
Published online: 01 Sep 2023 *

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