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Measurement Model of Relationship Between Knowledge Management Enablers and Knowledge Management Performance in Public Sector

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This study investigates the relationship between KM enablers and the KM performance in the Malaysian public sector. Five main independent variables of KM enablers; organizational culture, organizational structure, technology, people and political influence were tested against KM performance using structural equation modeling (SEM). Five hypotheses were tested on the relationship between KM enablers and KM performance. The sampling population of this study was Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Malaysia. The result confirmed that organizational culture, organizational structure, technology and people are the distinct constructs for KM enablers. The hypothesis testing indicates that there is a significant relationship between KM enablers and KM performance. The result indicates that Malaysian public sector should cultivate on KM enablers in order to implement effective KM.

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  1. Research Management Division, Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Planning Unit (MAMPU), Prime Minister’s Department, Federal Government of Malaysia, 62502, Putrajaya, Malaysia

    Karimah@Aminah Abu Bakar

  2. Advanced Informatics School (AIS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 54100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Nor Zairah Ab Rahim & Roslina Ibrahim

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  2. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Marjan Heričko

  3. National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    I-Hsien Ting

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Abu Bakar, K., Rahim, N.Z.A., Ibrahim, R. (2015). Measurement Model of Relationship Between Knowledge Management Enablers and Knowledge Management Performance in Public Sector. In: Uden, L., Heričko, M., Ting, IH. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organizations. KMO 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 224. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21009-4_12

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