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Researcher, Department of Information Science, King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
Professor, Department of Information Science, King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Uzbekistan
The study was to examine the direct influence of the presence of the elements of knowledge management on the preservation of knowledge accumulation, the direct influence of the elements on the utilization of the organizational memory dimensions, and the direct influence of organizational memory on the preservation of knowledge accumulation at King Abdulaziz University. It also tested the indirect effect of organizational memory as mediating variable between the elements of knowledge management and the level of knowledge accumulation at the university through structural model of causal relationships of the three variables. The researcher used the descriptive correlational technique and selected all the members of the faculty at the King Abdulaziz University, amounting to 6,911 faculty members, and 388 respondents. Data collection was done using a valid and reliable questionnaire. The Amos v24 was utilized to analyze data in order to determine causal relationships. The results showed direct and indirect impacts of knowledge management and organizational memory practice on knowledge amassing. The direct path coefficient of the knowledge management elements on the knowledge accumulation was (0.09), the direct influence of knowledge management on the organizational memory was (0.93), and the direct influence of organizational memory on the knowledge accumulation was (0.88). The indirect path coefficient of knowledge management on knowledge accumulation across the organizational memory was (0.82), denoted that it has a great indirect influence. This proves that organizational memory is an important mediating variable, which can highly increase the effects of the knowledge management practices on the knowledge accumulation in the organization. The paper suggested to establish organizational memory in the university and use the determined causal model as the means of planning and implementing the university policies as the reference framework to make administrative and scholarly choices.
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