The Relationship between Organizational Entrepreneurship and Organizational Agility with Knowledge Management Mediation (Marvdasht Boys and Girls Technical Faculty)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Hossein AflakiFard ¹
• s n
• mohammad ghale noee ²

¹ Farhangian University

² lesanss

Abstract

This study was applied in terms of purpose and correlative in nature and method. The statistical population consisted of 130 professors of Marvdasht Boys' Technical School out of which 97 were selected by simple random sampling method based on Morgan table. The samples were evaluated by Parsons Organizational Entrepreneurship Questionnaire, Sharon Lawson Knowledge Management, and Organizational Agility by Jank. The collected data were analyzed in two levels. In descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used in concurrent and hierarchical Baron-Kenny methods. The results showed that knowledge management plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between entrepreneurship variables and organizational agility.

Keywords

• Organizational Entrepreneurship
• Organizational Agility
• Knowledge Management
• Professors

20.1001.1.20086369.1399.11.44.12.7

---

References

Abdollahi, Z. (2018). The Role of Environmental-Social Factors Influencing Student Entrepreneurship Culture from the Viewpoints of Isfahan Elementary School Teachers, MSc Thesis, Fatemeh Zahra Campus, Isfahan.

Al-Kurdi, O. F., El-Haddadeh, R., & Eldabi, T. (2020). The role of organisational climate in managing knowledge sharing among academics in higher education. International Journal of Information Management, 50, 217-227.

Aminbeidokhti, A., Mohammadi Hoseini, S., Hosseinpoor, O. (2016). The Relationship between Organizational Entrepreneurship and Organizational Agility: Testing the Mediator Role of Organizational Commitment. Higher Education Letter, 9(35), 135-155.

Audretsch, D. (2014). From the entrepreneurial university to the university for the entrepreneurial society. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 39(3), 313–321.

Cai, Z., Huang, Q., Liu, H. (2013). Developing Organizational Agility through IT Capability and KM Capability: The Moderating Effects of Organizational Climate. In PACIS (p. 245).

Chen, H. H., Qiao, S., & Lee, A. H. (2014). The impacts of different R&D organizational structures on performance of firms: Perspective of absorptive capacity. The Journal of High Technology Management Research, 25(1), 83-95.

Cheng, C., Zhong, H., & Cao, L. (2020). Facilitating speed of internationalization: The roles of business intelligence and organizational agility. Journal of Business Research, 110, 95-103.

Dehghani, M., Yaghoubi, N., Mooghali, A., Vazife, Z. (2019). A Comprehensive model of factors affecting Establishment of Knowledge Management. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Administration, 10(37), 109-132.

Dragon, T; Dadkhah Tirani, M; Yousefi, M. (2013). Investigating the Relationship between Organizational Entrepreneurship and Organizational Agility: A Case Study of an Iranian Aviation Industry, National Conference on Entrepreneurship (Knowledge-Based Industry), Babolsar, Mazandaran University

Hatefi,M., Rousta ,A. (2019). Relationship between Knowledge Management, Management Styles and Organizational Performance, Order & Security Research Journal, 12(1), 231-251.

Melián-Alzola, L., Fernández-Monroy, M., & Hidalgo-Peñate, M. (2020). Information technology capability and organisational agility: A study in the Canary Islands hotel industry. Tourism Management Perspectives, 33, 100606.

pouravid, S., khosravipour, B., Alibaygi, A. (2019). Mechanisms of Capabilities and Consequences Organizational Agility in Iranian Agricultural Higher Education. Journal of Agricultural Education Administration Research, 10(47), 36-51.

Pugh, R., Lamine, W., Jack, S., & Hamilton, E. (2018). The entrepreneurial university and the region: what role for entrepreneurship departments?. European Planning Studies, 26(9), 1835-1855.

Saha, N. (2017). Organisational agility and KM strategy: Are they effective tools for achieving sustainable organisational excellence?. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(10), 110-117.

Sharifi, H and Zhang, Z (2004), Agile manufacturing in practice: Application of a methodology, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 21, No.5/6, pp.772-794.

Yaghoubi, N., Dehghani, M., Omidvar, M. (2019). Entrepreneurial University Agility Model with Knowledge Management Approach. Management Researches, 12(43), 185-204