The Role of Knowledge Management on Entrepreneurial Performance of Sports Organizations

Abstract

The macro strategy of an organization should support the creation and expansion of knowledge reserves; therefore, the present study was designed to investigate the role of knowledge management on entrepreneurial performance in sports organizations. The method of the present study was quantitative, which was descriptive in terms of strategy, survey in terms of implementation, field in terms of data collection, and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all employees of the sports department of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior, numbering 300 people. In the present study, the statistical sample was considered randomly using the simple cluster-stratified method. It should also be noted that 170 people were considered to determine the statistical sample using the Cochran sampling method at the 0.05 level. Also, in order to calculate the internal reliability of the questionnaire questions, Cronbach's alpha method was used, which was 0.804 for the knowledge management questionnaire and 0.852 for the entrepreneurial performance questionnaire. To analyze the data, Pearson correlation test and structural equation model were used using SPSS26 and PLS3 software. According to the research findings, based on path analysis, it was determined that the knowledge management variable directly has a positive and significant effect on entrepreneurial performance with a value of (sig=0.0001; β=0.768). According to the results, it is suggested to the managers of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior to always support and support the innovative activities of employees and pay attention to cultivating their creativity. They should also promote the entrepreneurial knowledge of employees by holding training courses on information technology, social and internet marketing.