Determining the relation between using knowledge management and learning organization to perceived competition-creating organizational climate based on the mediation of career achievement motivation

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to determine the relationship of the use of knowledge management and learning organization to perceived competition-Creating organizational climate based on the mediation of career achievement motivation. The study is descriptive correlational research. The population comprised all professors of Islamic Azad University, Mahallat Branch in the academic year 2013-2014. Due to the small size of the population, all members of the population were selected as the sample. The research tools comprised four researcher-made questionnaires: 1.researcher-made questionnaire of components of knowledge management, 2.researcher-made questionnaire of learning organization, 3.researcher-made questionnaire of perceived competition-creating organizational climate, 4. researcher-made questionnaire of career achievement motivation. In general, the findings revealed that knowledge management and learning organization have a significant relation to perceived competition-creating organizational climate. The indirect effect of knowledge acquisition on perceived competition-creating organizational climate (0.034), the indirect effect of knowledge sharing (0.032), the indirect effect of knowledge use (0.030), the indirect effect of individual learning (0.031), the indirect effect of group learning (0.248), and the indirect effect of organizational learning (0.262) are significant at P<0.0000 level. According to the findings, RMSEA=0.059, RMR=0.026, GFI=0.95, AGFI=0.90, P (value) =0.0000, df=92, x2, and indicates the relative fitness of the model used in the study.