Presenting an effective model of organizational health based on the components of knowledge management and organizational innovation with the mediation of organizational silence at secondary level

Abstract

Background and Aim: The purpose of this research was to present the model of organizational health of schools based on knowledge management, organizational innovation with the mediation of organizational silence in secondary schools in Tehran. Method: The current research is a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of middle school teachers in Tehran in the academic year 2021-22 was (970,685 people) and the statistical sample was based on common methods in structural equations of 300 people. With cluster and stratified random sampling method, according to the current conditions and due to the coronavirus, teachers from 20 districts of Tehran completed the questionnaires online. The data collection tools of the current research were Heavy and Feldman's (1996) standard organizational health questionnaire, Nonaka and Takuchi's (1995) knowledge management, Prajgo and Sohl's (2006) organizational innovation questionnaire, and van Dyne's organizational silence (2003). Results: The results of the present study showed that the average state of organizational health of schools, organizational silence and knowledge management is higher than that of the society and their organizational innovation is lower than the average in secondary schools in Tehran. Also, knowledge management and organizational innovation with the mediation of organizational silence can explain the organizational health of secondary schools in Tehran. According to teachers, knowledge management and organizational innovation by mediating organizational silence explain the organizational health of schools at the secondary level in Tehran. Conclusion: Knowledge management has a meaningful relationship with organizational health directly and through organizational silence. The higher the knowledge management in secondary schools in Tehran, the higher the organizational health. However, the intervening variable of organizational silence reduces the effect of knowledge management on organizational health. However, in general, the organizational health of secondary schools in Tehran can be explained through knowledge management.