The Impact of Knowledge Management on Performance of Organization: Emphasis on the Mediating Role of Strategic Human Resource Management (Case Study: Research Institute of Petroleum Industry)

In the current era of knowledge economy; Performance of Organization is heavily dependent on human resource management and knowledge management. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to investigate the mediator role of strategic actions of human resource management in the relationship between knowledge management and organizational performance. The research based on objective is implicated and based on Data collection methods is survey and based on structural equation modeling. Research population managers and employees at Research Institute of Petroleum Industry included 700 people, among whom 202 subjects were randomly selected. Data were collected by questionnaire. The face and content validity of questionnaire with the help of professors and experts were confirmed. Also, Cronbach's alpha was used to establish the reliability of research variables, respectively, for knowledge management, strategic human resource management and organizational performance 0/82, 0/89 and 0/76 determined and was confirmed. Results based on structural equation modeling showed that there are strong positive causal relationships between knowledge management and strategic human resource management and also between strategic human resource management and organizational performance. However, there is no significant relationship between knowledge management and organizational performance. In addition, the strategic human resource management mediator plays in the relationship between knowledge management and organizational performance. The results show that knowledge management along with strategic human resource management increases the organizational performance of the Petroleum Industry Research Institute.