MEASURING STRATEGIES FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN LIBYAN TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY: STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING

Ahmad Mohamad Omar Omran, S. M. Ferdous Azam

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The purpose of this research is to measure the strategies for knowledge management and organisational performance in Libya using an approach to structural equation modelling (SEM). The research method of this analysis is a quantitative method only, where the total sample size is assumed to be 453 using simple random sampling. The structural model for this analysis showed the relationships between the variables. The results show that the framework of knowledge management is significantly related to the strategy of knowledge management, while knowledge management practise is significantly related to the strategy of knowledge management. However, the framework of knowledge management was found not to be very positively linked to organisational performance. Unexpectedly, in terms of significantly related to organisational performance, knowledge management activity has also not been considered relevant. Knowledge management approach, on the other hand, is positively linked to organisational performance and to the reciprocal relationship between the system of knowledge management and the practise of knowledge management. By offering an empirically validated model that could be used to forecast organisational performance as a whole, this study has added to established knowledge.

JEL: L10; L25; L91

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strategies, knowledge management, organizational performance, transportation industry, Libya, structural equation modelling

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