The role and position of organizational culture in knowledge management in government-owned banks of Gilan Province

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between two variables of organizational culture and knowledge management in government-owned banks of Gilan Province. Studies that deal with reasons of the failure of management innovations suggest that organizational culture is a major factor for success. The research method is a descriptive correlational. Research population includes 346 employees of government-owned banks of Gilan Province. The measuring instrument is questionnaire and data are analyzed by SPSS software, t statistical tests and Spearman correlation test. Results showed that there was a significant relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management; and between the components, the organizational culture of individual creativity is most correlated with knowledge management.