Organizational Characteristics, Knowledge Management Activities and Knowledge Management Performance

Organizational Characteristics, Knowledge Management Activities and Knowledge Management Performance

&nbsp;&nbsp;This study investigated empirical relationships among organizational characteristics, knowledge management activities, and knowledge management performance. To achieve the purpose, this study designed a model and generated four hypotheses about relationships among the strategy, structure and culture of organizations, the creation and sharing of knowledge, and human and structural capital. In order to test the model and hypotheses, this study collected data from 1,034 individuals in 107 Korean companies through a questionnaire survey and performed a series of covariance structure analyses utilizing the AMOS statistical program.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;As a result, the research model was fitted and three hypotheses were accepted. In detail, hypertext organizational structure and knowledge-friendly organizational culture had a significantly positive influence on knowledge creation and sharing. Knowledge-based organizational structure, however, did not have an important effect on knowledge creation and sharing.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;This study, therefore, explored the possibility of the independent role of organizational strategy and the mediating role of organizational structure and culture. To test such possibility, the study designed and analyzed a revised model. The analyses resulted in the higher fitness of the model and the acceptance of all new hypotheses underlying the model. Thus the model may provide a framework for the related research issues in the future.