Investigating the Effect of Knowledge Management on Increasing the Creativity of Personnel in West Azerbaijan (Iran) Water and Sewage Organization
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The present study is an attempt to investigate the effects of knowledge management on increasing the creativity of the employees who worked in the West Azerbaijan (Iran) Water and Sewage Organization (WSO) in 2012. Knowledge management constitutes the creation, storage, sharing and application of knowledge. The population of the study included 211 clerks and managers from among whom 136 individuals were selected using Krejcie and Morgan table and random sampling classification method. The data was collected using questionnaires with closed questions. The reliability of knowledge management questionnaire was estimated 0.80 and creativity questionnaire was estimated 0.90, using Cronbach α. The content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by the university professors and experts. The results of the study show a significant relationship between the application of knowledge management and increasing the creativity of WSO personnel. All the minor assumptions of the study were validated as well. In other words, there was a meaningful relationship between knowledge management dimensions and increasing WSO personnel’s creativity. Furthermore, the results of multivariable regression analysis showed that the proposed model is statistically meaningful.
Keywords: Knowledge management, Knowledge creation, Knowledge storage, Knowledge sharing, Knowledge application, Organizational creativity
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
21 Aralık 2015
Gönderilme Tarihi
21 Aralık 2015
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2012 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2