Impact of Organizational Knowledge Management on Innovative Behavior: A Study in a Logistic Sector

Nowadays with the economic development, increasing global competition and incremental rate of changes, the need for creating and distributing organizational knowledge and achieving competitive advantage is dramatically increased. The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of the knowledge management on innovative behavior in logistic sector. Four dimensions of organizational knowledge creation namely socialization, externalization, combination and internalization are used to define the knowledge management. Data is gathered from 38 members of a logistic control center in a military unit and is tested by Pearson correlation. The results showed that the socialization and combination dimensions were not in proper condition within intended organization. Moreover, there were significant correlation between the externalization and internalization with the innovative behavior in logistic sector.