Factors of Knowledge Management and the Impact of Employee Turnover in Activity and Performance in Scientific and Technological Parks in Slovenia Cover Image

Factors of Knowledge Management and the Impact of Employee Turnover in Activity and Performance in Scientific and Technological Parks in Slovenia
Factors of Knowledge Management and the Impact of Employee Turnover in Activity and Performance in Scientific and Technological Parks in Slovenia

Author(s): Vasja Roblek, Zlatka Meško Štok, Maja Meško, Ivan Erenda
Subject(s): ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Fakultet organizacije i informatike, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Keywords: Employee turnover; Knowledge management; Organizational culture; Technology parks;

Summary/Abstract: Technology parks provide infrastructure for the creation and development of knowledge-based organizations, which are associated with centers of technological excellence, mainly universities. This research addresses the question of management and skills acquisition in member organizations of technology parks in Slovenia. As means and lever for development organizations,we recognize the values and organizational culture, which cannot be achieved without employees who possess good knowledge. We associated knowledge management with employee turnover factor. The central purpose of this research is to focus on exploring the impact of movements in knowledge management on the turnover in organizations, which are members of technology parks. By using multivariate regression methods we confirmed that the required skills,knowledge acquisition and knowledge transfer channels, have a statistically significant effect on employee turnover in technology parks.

  • Issue Year: 37/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-72
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English