Studying the Relationship Between Knowledge Management Effectiveness and Administrative Innovation Among Shiraz Manufacturing Firms

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct effect of knowledge management effectiveness on administrative innovation. Knowledge management effectiveness is conceptualised as comprising of knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness, and knowledge application effectiveness. Three hypothesised relationships were tested using a sample of 85 manufacturing firms in Shiraz industrial zone. The results derived from the regression analyses showed that of the three dimensions of knowledge management effectiveness (knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness, and knowledge application effectiveness), only knowledge acquisition effectiveness was found to have a significant positive effect on administrative innovation.