Environmental hostility contingencies on the relationship between knowledge management strategy and firm performance

• Main Authors: Hasan, Alizar, Mohammed, Abdul Hakim, Wardic, Wardic, Yulius, Nursyaifi, Heldi, Heldi, Abdullah, Mat Naim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55051/1/AbdulHakimMohammed2015_EnvironmentalHostilityContingenciesontheRelationship.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55051/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v73.4312

This study aims to investigate the environmental hostility contingencies on the relationship between knowledge management strategy and firm performance. Knowledge management strategies are classified into two dimensions: Codification and Personalization. These studies cover the 192 completed and usable questionnaires were received from respondents which comprises of large size Indonesian manufacturing firms. The result via smartPLS revealed that knowledge management strategies positively and significantly influence the Indonesian manufacturing firm’s performance. Other findings display that environmental turbulences has only the contingency effect (the moderating effect) on the relationship between knowledge management strategy and manufacturing firm performance. Based on findings, the implications and future research also be discussed in this paper.