The impact of knowledge sharing capability on the ability of innovation among employees of Guilan Electricity Distribution Company
Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research. - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
ABSTRACT The ability to share knowledge is an important strategy which organization employs to create value and increase survival in today's complex and changing environment. The ability to innovate is the most important feature determining the performance. The promotion of innovation can be provided through focusing on innovation capability. On one hand, innovations and innovative activities depend to a large extent on the knowledge, expertise and engagement of employees. So knowledge is a critical resource for organizations and activities of sharing knowledge are important too. Therefore, organizations should rely on their staff as the most important organizational capital and encourage them to understand and provide these new knowledge and ideas and use them practically to advance the purposes of the organization. So employees are the heart of knowledge creating process and are able to create knowledge and share it. In this research, quantitative relationships between the ability of knowledge sharing and innovation capability have been tested. Current research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive-correlational in terms of methodology and is based on structural equation modeling (SEM). Statistical population of this research includes staff of Guilan Province's Electricity Distribution Company and sampling method was conducted on the basis of non-probability sampling. Validity of the questionnaire was determined by content validity and confirmatory factor analysis and also its reliability was approved through Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Results show that the model employed is a suitable theoretical model for measuring the variables. They also show that knowledge sharing capability affects innovation capability.
Authors and Affiliations
Seyavash Ghasemalipour Selakjani and Hamidreza Rezaei Kelidbari*
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