Examining the relation between knowledge management and employees' creativity (Case study: employees of telecommunications companies inGolestan Province)

Abstract

In the present research, the effect of knowledge managementhas been studied ondifferent aspects of employees' creativity in telecommunications companies in Golestan province. This study is a descriptive study that is done as a survey method and is correlation type. The statistical populationis 500 employees of telecommunications companies in Golestan province. The sample size of 217 peopleis obtained through Morgan table that were selected through random sampling. In order to collect data, two questionnaires of knowledge management (Lawson, 2003) and creativity (Randsip, 1979) wereused and the validity of the questionnaire was determined by using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient.To test hypotheses,the Spearman correlation coefficient was used.The results of the research hypothesis test showed a significant relation between knowledge management and staff's dimensions of creativity.