Determining the mediating role of knowledge management in the relationship between information and communication technology and organizational culture with organizational learning in Iranian sports federations

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD student strategic management and sports events, School of Sport Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, College of Sport Sciences, Razi University

Abstract

The present study aimed to determine the mediating role of knowledge management in the relationship between information and communication technology and organizational culture with organizational learning in Iranian sports federations. the research method was correlation descriptive and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the study consisted of all the heads and experts of the country's sports federations in 1398 (N =750), who were selected as the sample by simple random sampling (256 people) according to Morgan table. Data collection tools were the standard questionnaire for Hernandez et al.'s ICT, Lawson Knowledge management Questionnaire (2003), organizational learning (Pham & Swierczek, 2006), organizational culture (Quinn & Cameron, 2011). Structural equation modeling of variance-based approach using PLS software was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the greatest effect was on the impact of organizational culture on knowledge management. Organizational culture had a relatively high impact on organizational learning. The mediating role of knowledge management was confirmed in the relationship between organizational culture and organizational learning, however, it was not confirmed in the relationship between information and communication technology with organizational learning. It is suggested that in Iranian sports federation help to increase and improve organizational learning by promoting information and communication technologies, creating a proper organizational culture and proper knowledge management. Therefore, the federations take a step in the direction of learning growth and become a learning organization and keep up to date with global knowledge.

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Applied Research in Sport Management
Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 38
Fall 2021
November 2021
Pages 51-66

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  • Receive Date: 25 January 2021
  • Revise Date: 08 June 2021
  • Accept Date: 20 October 2021

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