Effect of knowledge management on health entrepreneurship through organizational learning capacity in hospitals of Guilan province

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Department of Business management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

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Background: Because of the importance of community health and the growing need for health care Health organizations have expanded their scope and with an entrepreneurial approach seeking to upgrade their performance. Knowledge is the most important capital of organizations and key factor in economics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of knowledge management on organizational entrepreneurship through learning capacity.
Methods: This research was an applied type, and in terms of method, it was a descriptive survey. The statistical population of the research was the Hospital health staff of Guilan province in 2016, the statistical sample estimated 370 by Morgan table. This research was conducted with three standard knowledge management questionnaires, organizational entrepreneurship and learning capacity with structural equation modeling and smartpls2 software. The reliability of the research tools were calculated Organizational Entrepreneurship 0.88, Knowledge Management 0.93, and Learning Capacity 0.85, respectively.
Results: Knowledge management 0.46 and organizational learning capacity have positive effect on organizational entrepreneurship. Also, knowledge distribution 0.94 and knowledge storage 90% and interaction with environment 0.84 and participatory decision-making 0.82 were identified as the most important factors of knowledge management and organizational learning capacity.
Conclusion: Managers are encouraged to pay attention to organizational learning capacity and knowledge management skills to increase organizational entrepreneurship. Improvement and attention to knowledge management and the expansion of organizational learning capacity can strengthen entrepreneurship. Therefore, health managers and policymakers should consider these issues.

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