The Model of Knowledge Management Based on Organizational Climate

Abstract

Keeping in mind the fact that organizations in the region of Vojvodina are moving from a negotiated to market economy, this study aims to analyze how the dimensions of collaborative climate affect the various activities of knowledge management. The degree to which collaborative climate influences knowledge work is investigated on 190 participants in the region of the Province of Vojvodina (Serbia). Two standardized questionnaires were used to collect data: a knowledge management questionnaire, which included 32 questions, and a collaborative climate questionnaire of 20 questions. To test the hypothesis of the study, the technique used was descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling. The results show that only the organizational culture as a dimension of collaborative climate contributes to the explanation of all the activities of knowledge management, except the activity of leaving knowledge, which fails to achieve a statistical relationship with any dimension of collaborative climate. This study provides useful insights for practitioners wanting to improve an organization’s performance and to increase organizational sustainability and learning. It is a useful base to expand further research in a way of better understanding the impact that collaborative climate has on the implementation of knowledge management in a transition towards a knowledge economy.

Increasing Innovative Working Behaviour of Information Technology Employees in Vietnam by Knowledge Management Approach

“…Jokanović et al [33] Two standardized questionnaires were employed to collect data from 190 participants in Serbia.…”

“…H4: Knowledge sharing of IT employees has a positive impact on their innovative working behaviour. Jokanović et al [33] Two standardized questionnaires were employed to collect data from 190 participants in Serbia.…”

Influencing Factors on Knowledge Management for Organizational Sustainability

“…Finally, what is important for this study is that some references indicate the connection between knowledge management and competitiveness [29][30][31] as well as knowledge management and organizational sustainability [20,30,32,33]. Based on the previous statements, it is evident that knowledge management is important for achieving, maintaining, and increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of an organization.…”

“…Knowledge management is a key factor in organizational development. It includes and brings constant competitive dynamics in the enterprise, which sees knowledge as the basic potential for improving productivity [31].…”

Contributions to Sustainability in SMEs: Human Resources, Sustainable Product Innovation Performance and the Mediating Role of Employee Creativity

“…In sum, the results reveal the key role managers have to play to turn knowledge, motivation, and relationships into creative ideas and sustainable PIP. In this line, managers must make a continuous investment in factors of tacit knowledge (experience, abilities, training, and practical courses) [109][110][111][112][113][114][115], factors of intrinsic motivation [116][117][118] (satisfaction, commitment, responsibility, identification and consideration of problems) and factors of informal relationships [119] (meetings, cooperation or common spaces or offices) without neglecting certain factors associated with explicit knowledge (employee qualification and databases and intranet), extrinsic motivation (group incentives), and formal relationships (stakeholders relationships: suppliers, customers and other allies) if they want to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage through creativity and PIP.…”