A study on the effect of knowledge management on job satisfaction: A case study of texture industry

Jadidi, R.; Ehsanifar, M.; Moshtaghi, S.

Management Science Letters

ISSN 1923-9343 (Online) - ISSN 1923-9335 (Print) Quarterly Publication Volume 3 Issue 12 pp. 3037-3042 , 2013

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Authors: Rahmatollah Jadidi, Mohammad Ehsanifar, Sahar Moshtaghi

Keywords: Job satisfaction, Knowledge management, Texture industry

Abstract: This paper presents an empirical investigation to study the effect of knowledge management on job satisfaction in Iranian texture industry. The proposed study of this paper designs a questionnaire and distributes it among 219 out 230 employees who work for one Iranian texture firm in province of Markazi in Iran. The study uses structural equation modeling to examine different hypotheses based on the implementation of LISREL software package. The results of our investigation indicate that knowledge management positively influences on organizational improvement, organizational learning as well as quality improvement. The results of study also indicate that while there was a negative relationship between organizational improvement and job satisfaction, quality improvement and organizational learning positively influence on job satisfaction.

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 Jadidi, R., Ehsanifar, M & Moshtaghi, S. (2013). A study on the effect of knowledge management on job satisfaction: A case study of texture industry.Management Science Letters , 3(12), 3037-3042.

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