The study of the effect of knowledge management on organizational innovation based on mediating role of organizational learning among headquarter staff of developing Karoon Oil and Gas Company

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the effect of knowledge management on organizational innovation, taking the mediating role of organizational learning of the staff based in the headquarter of the Company Developing Karoon Oil and Gas into consideration. The current study is of applied research type as far as its objective is concerned. On the other hand, considering the way the data were collected, this research is classified as a descriptive or untestable study. The statistical group of the current study is the employees working for the headquarter of the Company Developing Karoon Oil and Gas who are more than 460 people. Based on Morgan table, 210 people were selected as the sample group of this study. According to the characteristics of this group, the classified random sampling method was used. The validity of the research tools was confirmed by the experts and reliability of the questionnaire was calculated to be 802/0 using Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient for all parts of the questionnaire. In this study, four main hypotheses were confirmed with regard to the effect of knowledge management on organizational innovation, taking mediating role of organizational learning into consideration.