tailieunhanh - The effect of knowledge management on organizational innovation: Evidence from banking industry

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of knowledge management on employee's innovation in organizations through empowerment as a mediator for a case study of the Agricultural Bank of Qazvin province of Iran. | The effect of knowledge management on organizational innovation Evidence from banking industry Accounting 3 2017 237 244 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Accounting homepage ac The effect of knowledge management on organizational innovation Evidence from banking industry Ali Valipoura Mohammad Pasandidehfarb and Vida Rahim Hashemabadic a Department of Management amp Accounting Marketing group Abhar Branch Islamic Azad University Abhar Iran b Department of Management amp Accounting Accounting group Science amp Research Branch Islamic Azad University Shahre-Qods Iran c Faran Mehr Danesh Virtual Institute for Higher Education Tehran Iran CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Knowledge management is frequently identified as an important antecedent of innovation. Received September 5 2016 However few empirical studies have specifically addressed antecedents and consequences of Received in revised format effective knowledge management. Today domestic organizations are compelled as well as November 11 2016 other international organizations and have to compete to stay in business environment. Hence Accepted January 10 2016 Available online they must be innovative. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of knowledge January 11 2017 management on employee s innovation in organizations through empowerment as a mediator Keywords for a case study of the Agricultural Bank of Qazvin province of Iran. Required information was Knowledge management gathered by a self-made questionnaire adapted and based on conceptual model adapted from Empowerment previous studies. The population of this study consists of 369 employees of the Agricultural Innovation Bank of Qazvin. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed in which 188 valid Agricultural Bank of Iran questionnaires were collected. These questionnaires were distributed randomly among the male and female employees in branches of Agricultural Bank. The questionnaire is .