Analyzing the Mediating Role of Organizational Innovation on the relationship between Knowledge Management and Organizational Entrepreneurship

Abstract

Inevitably,in the dynamic organizations, innovation and entrepreneurship are important for preserving competitive advantages and knowledge managementfacilitatesthis relationship.The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of knowledge management on organizational innovation andentrepreneurship. The research was an applied study in terms of the aim of study and a descriptive-correlation in terms of the research method. The population of the study included the staff of Sepahan Battery Industrial Complex as more than 800 individuals in 2015. From among this population, 260 participants were randomly selected. The research instruments for collecting data were questionnaire, The results of the analysis of the questionnaires and testing the hypotheses by Smart-PLS indicatedthat the variable of knowledge managementis directly effective onorganizationalentrepreneurship, but has indirect effects on organizational entrepreneurship via the mediatingrole of organizational innovation.