Studying the Relationship Between Knowledge Management Effectiveness and Administrative Innovation Among Shiraz Manufacturing Firms

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Seyed Masoud Seyedi ¹ , Nima Shahidi ² , Siroos Hadadnia ³

1 - Department of Management Shiraz Branch Islamic Azad University Shiraz, Iran
2 - Nourabad Mamasani Branch, Islamic Azad University Nourabad Mamasani, Iran
3 - Nourabad Mamasani Branch, Islamic Azad University Nourabad Mamasani, Iran

Received: 2014-01-20 Accepted : 2014-03-20 Published : 2015-01-01

Keywords: Administrative innovation, knowledge management effectiveness, manufacturing firms, Knowledge acquisition,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct effectof knowledge management effectiveness on administrative innovation.Knowledge management effectiveness is conceptualised as comprisingof knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness,and knowledge application effectiveness. Three hypothesised relationshipswere tested using a sample of 85 manufacturing firms in Shirazindustrial zone. The results derived from the regression analyses showedthat of the three dimensions of knowledge management effectiveness(knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness,and knowledge application effectiveness), only knowledge acquisitioneffectiveness was found to have a significant positive effect on administrativeinnovation.