| Summary: | The purpose this study is to examine the direct effect of knowledge management
effectiveness on administrative innovation. Knowledge management effectiveness is
conceptualised as comprising of knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing
effectiveness, and knowledge application effectiveness. Three hypothesised relationships
were tested using a sample of 171 large manufacturing firms in Malaysia. The results
derived from the regression analyses showed that of the three dimensions of knowledge
management effectiveness (knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing
effectiveness, and knowledge application effectiveness), only knowledge acquisition
effectiveness was found to have a significant positive effect on administrative innovation.
The implications of the study as well as suggestions for future studies are also discussed.
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