M.A. Thesis:

Investigating the Effect of In-Organizational Knowledge on Radical Innovation with Mediating Role of Attracted Capacity and the Role of Moderating Awareness of Knowledge

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of intra-organizational knowledge acquisition on radical innovation with the mediating role of realized absorption capacity and the moderating role of knowledge ambiguity. This research is an applied research component in terms of purpose and a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of this study consisted of all employees of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, 3,000 persons. In this study, stratified random sampling method was used. Obtained. Library and field methods have been used for data collection. The data collection tool was a 14-item questionnaire based on the study by Jie et al. (2018). Validity of the variables was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.81. Content validity of the questionnaire was approved by expert teachers. Factor analysis was performed using SPSS software version 19 and structural modeling method with LISREL software version 8.8 was used for statistical analysis. The results showed that the acquisition of intra-organizational knowledge on radical innovation with the mediating role of realized absorption capacity and the moderating role of knowledge ambiguity.

Keywords: In-company knowledge acquisition, Radical innovation, realized absorption capacity, knowledge ambiguity