Investigating the Effect of Knowledge Management and Human Resource Management Activities on Innovation in Growth and Technology Centers

Today, with the change in the competitive environment, successful countries are those with more knowledge, and knowledge management and knowledge-based human resource activities in organizations, especially in knowledge-based companies, which are the basis for the integration of science, technology and wealth, has become particularly important. Therefore, the present applied research was conducted to investigate the impact of knowledge management and human resource management activities on innovation using a descriptive survey research method. The statistical population was the employees of companies located in the growth and technology centers, from among whom, using Cochran's formula, 120 answered the questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed with a combined reliability of more than 0.6 and a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.892. Its validity was also confirmed through content validity and convergent validity with the mean variance criterion of structures which was more than 0.4. Finally, the conceptual model of the research was fitted using the structural equation model in PLS software.The results showed that various factors in the subset of knowledge management including supervisory actions, knowledge-based service compensation, learning mechanism and information technology measures affect innovation whereas the significance of the impact of factors such as knowledge protection, strategic management of knowledge and competence, knowledge-based employment, knowledge-based education and development, knowledge-based performance evaluation and work organization on innovation was not confirmed.