Impacts of knowledge management on innovations in higher education institutions: An empirical evidence from Vietnam

Ngoc-Tan, Nguyen; Gregar, Aleš

dc.title	Impacts of knowledge management on innovations in higher education institutions: An empirical evidence from Vietnam	en
dc.contributor.author	Ngoc-Tan, Nguyen
dc.contributor.author	Gregar, Aleš
dc.relation.ispartof	Economics and Sociology
dc.identifier.issn	2071-789X Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2018
utb.relation.volume	11
utb.relation.issue	3
dc.citation.spage	301
dc.citation.epage	320
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Centre of Sociological Research
dc.identifier.doi	10.14254/2071-789X.2018/11-3/18
dc.relation.uri	http://www.economics-sociology.eu/?613,en_impacts-of-knowledge-management-on-innovation-in-higher-education-institutions-an-empirical-evidence-from-vietnam
dc.relation.uri	http://www.economics-sociology.eu/files/18_637_Tgoc-Tan.pdf
dc.subject	knowledge management	en
dc.subject	innovation	en
dc.subject	higher education institutions	en
dc.subject	public universities	en
dc.subject	Vietnam	en
dc.description.abstract	Knowledge management (KM) and innovation (INNO) are often defined as the key drivers for improvement of organizational performance. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impacts of KM on INNO in an academic environment. The results of this study are based on survey data collected during 2017 in 30 public universities equally located in 3 regions of Vietnam. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is used to test the hypothesized relationships between KM and INNO. The authors of this study have found that KM comprehensively impacts technical INNO in academic settings and that not all components of KM are directly associated with administrative INNO. Besides enriching the literatures on this rapport, this study is also of value in managerial perspective as it helps increase higher education institutions’ (HEIs) knowledge on how to boost their organisational innovativeness, and then enhance performance by engaging in KM activities. A list of measurement scales serving as a checklist for leadership of any HEI desire to practice KM and then boost organizational innovation is provided by this study. © 2018, Centre of Sociological Research. All rights reserved.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1008257
utb.identifier.obdid	43878359
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-85054515830
utb.identifier.wok	000445942400018
utb.source	j-scopus
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-01T09:32:11Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-01T09:32:11Z
dc.rights	Attribution 3.0 Unported
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.rights.access	openAccess
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Ngoc-Tan, Nguyen
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Gregar, Aleš
utb.fulltext.affiliation	Nguyen Ngoc-Tan, FaME, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic based at Hanoi University, Vietnam. E-mail: ngoctanhanu@gmail.com Aleš Gregar, FaME, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic E-mail: gregar@utb.cz Corresponding author can be reached at: ngoctanhanu@gmail.com
utb.fulltext.dates	Received: November, 2017 1st Revision: February, 2018 Accepted: June, 2018
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship	The authors would like to thank the Internal Grant Agency of FaME for providing financial support to carry out this research. Funding was extended through: TBU No. IGA/FaME/2017/013 – The relationship between knowledge management and organisational performance with mediating role of innovation.
utb.wos.affiliation	[Nguyen Ngoc-Tan] Hanoi Univ, Tomas Bata Univ Zlin, FaME, Hanoi, Vietnam; [Gregar, Ales] Tomas Bata Univ Zlin, FaME, Zlin, Czech Republic
utb.scopus.affiliation	FaME, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic; Hanoi University, Viet Nam
utb.fulltext.projects	IGA/FaME/2017/013