Designing a Career Path Development Model Based on the Knowledge Management Model

The issue of career path development is important for employees in many organizations such as social security, according to the knowledge management pattern, so this study was conducted to design a career development model based on the knowledge management pattern in Mazandaran Social Security Organization. The statistical population studied in this study consisted of all employees of the Social Security Organization of Mazandaran Province. Statistical sample size of 269 people was selected through random sampling method by Krejcie Morgan table. In this research, Shine career development path and Hemmati knowledge management questionnaire were used. The reliability of these two questionnaires using Cronbach's alpha was 0.75 and 0.78, respectively. For statistical analysis, SPSS software version 20 and pls3 were used and the alpha level was considered  0.05. The results showed that the value of t in all paths among the research factors are equal to and greater than 2.58. As a result, there is a significant relationship between the main factors and their sub-factors in the conceptual-analytical model of the research and also the results show that the fit of the general research model is appropriate and strong. In general, there is a direct and significant relationship between the first step of the career path with the second step of the career path, between the second step of the career path with the third step of the career path and between the third step of the career path with the fourth step of the career path of employees, in the conceptual-analytical model of the career path.