Factor Analysis of Technological Innovation Capabilities Based on Individual Knowledge Management, Case Study: Public Libraries of the Country

Purpose:

 Organizations are required to involve in technological innovation for products development & unit services &creating benefit in markets. In addition, a successful technological innovation should be based on valid knowledge resources. Thus, the aim is to design a model of technological innovation capabilities & its impact on personal knowledge management in the staff of public libraries.

The research method is mixed (qualitative and quantitative). The statistical population in the qualitative section consists of 15 specialists & faculty members of the public libraries of the country & in the quantitative section all the employees of the institution are 6171 individuals. In the qualitative part, the snowball sampling method was used, furthermore, in the quantitative part using the stratified random sampling method, 362 people were selected as the sample. A researcher-made questionnaire based on the qualitative part of the research was used to assess & structural equations were used to analyze the data using SPSS & PLS Smart software.

Technological innovation capabilities have six main factors: education & learning, research & development, management, human resources, market analysis & organizational structure. Also, technological innovation capabilities have a significant effect on individual knowledge management.

The results can help managers to plan to upgrade & improve the status of technological innovation capabilities of employees in public libraries by identifying its dimensions and also by improving technological innovation capabilities, provide the basis for improving personal knowledge of employees.