An empirical study on relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management: A case study of electric distribution in province of East Azarbayjan of Iran


Yahya Dadashkarimi


The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of organizational culture on knowledge management. To learn more about the organizational culture, we choose five variables including team-work, learning, discussion, management support and communication. The propose study consists one main hypothesis and five sub hypotheses and it is performed among all employees and management team of East Azarbayjan power supplier. The population of our survey includes 1482 people and a sample of 488 people is chosen in this survey. A questionnaire is distributed among all members and Cronbach Alpha is 0.83, which yields highly reliable results. The data are analyzed using SPSS software package with different non-parametric methods and the results confirm all hypotheses in our survey. According to the results of our survey, culture and communication play important role for the success of an idea and knowledge creation. Negotiation, top management support and learning style are second most important factors influencing knowledge management.


DOI: j.msl.2012.01.026

Keywords: Organizational culture ,Knowledge Management ,Creativity ,Team work

How to cite this paper:

Dadashkarimi, Y. (2012). An empirical study on relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management: A case study of electric distribution in province of East Azarbayjan of Iran.Management Science Letters, 2(4), 1377-1384.


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