The evaluation of factors influencing knowledge sharing to improve supply chain performance in oil industry

Abstract

Nowadays, knowledge sharing as a part of knowledge management process has determining role in organization development. Despite the growing importance of knowledge sharing for competitive organizations, the lack of proper understanding of its barriers and facilitators makes problematic knowledge sharing which is one of the most important goals of knowledge management by organizations. This study aims to evaluate the factors influencing knowledge sharing to improve supply chain performance in the oil industry. In this study, the opinions of 98 managers and experts of Oil Company were studied as sample. Then the structural equation modeling technique was used to analyze the data. The results showed that knowledge sharing has direct and significant relationship with competitive strategies of supply chain and competitive strategies of supply chain have the same relationship with supply chain performance.