Sport Management Studies

Modeling of Facilitators to Implementation of Knowledge Management Strategy of National Olympic Committee of IRAN

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Leyli Khavari Khorasani 1
Mehrzad Hamidi 2
Seyed Nasrollah Sajjadi 3
Majid Jalali Farahani 2

1 Ph.D Student of Sport Management, University of Tehran, Faculty member of Sport Science Department, University of Yazd

2 Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Tehran

3 Professor of Sport Management, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.22089/smrj.2016.843
Abstract
Knowledge Management (KM) is a process that transforms individual knowledge into organizational knowledge. The aim of this research is to present a model that consists of a set of facilitators for successful KM implementation in National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Iran. Population of this study was all of managers and staff in NOC. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to identify the factor structure of this study, and it yielded 5 main factors consisting of 13 dimensions. The Convergent and discriminant validity of the measurement scales by using average variance extracted in this study were confirmed. The proposed model with 5 constructs was evaluated through Structural Equation Modeling analysis.The results demonstrate that the proposed model has the best-fitting and show the amount effects of any observed independent variables on latent independent variable. Moreover, our results reveal pepole as the most vital factor of knowledge management effectiveness and then Information technology, organisational culture, KM strategy and finally organizational structure respectively. Finally, we can say this study presents a local structural equation model for KM facilitators in National Olympic Committee of Iran.

Keywords

Knowledge Management
National Olympic Committee
Facilitators
Modeling
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Sport Management Studies
Volume 8, Issue 38
September and October 2016
Pages 183-204

  • Receive Date 11 May 2015
  • Revise Date 28 June 2015
  • Accept Date 13 July 2015

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