The Relationship between Organizational Entrepreneurship and Organizational Agility with Knowledge Management Mediation (Marvdasht Boys and Girls Technical Faculty)

Subject Areas : Education

Hossein AflakiFard ¹ (Farhangian University)
سعیده نیک فرجام ² (فارغ التحصیل مدیریت کارآفرینی)
mohammad ghale noee ³ (lesanss)

Received: 2019-11-28 Accepted : 2020-10-20 Published : 2020-09-22

Keywords: Knowledge Management, Organizational Agility, Organizational Entrepreneurship, Professors,

Abstract :

This study was applied in terms of purpose and correlative in nature and method. The statistical population consisted of 130 professors of Marvdasht Boys' Technical School out of which 97 were selected by simple random sampling method based on Morgan table. The samples were evaluated by Parsons Organizational Entrepreneurship Questionnaire, Sharon Lawson Knowledge Management, and Organizational Agility by Jank. The collected data were analyzed in two levels. In descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used in concurrent and hierarchical Baron-Kenny methods. The results showed that knowledge management plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between entrepreneurship variables and organizational agility.

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