Effect of Organizational Culture on the Knowledge Management Practices in Private Sector Universities of Pakistan: Mediating Role of Trust

The  research  intended  to  study  the  effect  of  organizational  culture  on  knowledge  management practices  in  private  universities  of  Pakistan  and  to  identify  the  role  of  trust  in  mediating  the association among organizational culture and knowledge management. The study is an explanatory study  and  followed  quantitative  design. A  closed-ended  questionnaire  was  used  as  research  instrument using 5-points Likert scale.  Organizational Culture was measured using Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) and knowledge management was measured by means of the Knowledge Management Assessment Instrument (KMAI) built on the theoretical model of the Competing Value Framework (CVF). From this study of organizational culture towards knowledge management,  all  outcomes  show  that  supportive  culture  has  significant  impact  on  knowledge management in organizations. In this regard employees trust has also found significant in mediating the association among organizational culture and knowledge management. Organizations should create the atmosphere of trust and learning which facilitates the knowledge management process. University  management  should  pay  attention  towards  employee  management  relationships  and  technology aggradations in literature they are found as few forms of trust employee pay attention to.