Investigating the Relationship between Environmental Uncertainty, Knowledge Management Capacity and Organizational Structure

Abstract

The researchers have been investigating the subject of how knowledge management capacity would help organizational structures to overcome environmental uncertainty. Therefore, this research examines a comprehensive pattern to analyze the relationship between environmental uncertainty, knowledge management capacity and organizational structure. The necessary data have been collected from 125 companies. The results of analyzing structural equations pattern show that environmental uncertainty tends to force companies to increase their knowledge management in order to show themselves in structural changes.

Keywords

• environmental uncertainty
• knowledge management capacity
• organizational structure
• structural equations