Knowledge Management in the Light of Organizational Factors

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to find out the relationship between knowledge management and organizational factors that are organization culture, human resource practices and leadership in an organization. Cross-sectional and quantitative tactic is used in this study. Questionnaires are used to gather the respondent’s views. Kendall tau-b rank correlation coefficient, one-way ANOVA and linear regression are used for testing hypothesis and conceptual model. The results of the analysis show that individual variables (organizational culture, human resource practices and leadership) significantly affect the dependent variable (knowledge management).

Keywords: knowledge management, organizational culture, human resource practices, leadership organizational factors.