Correlations among knowledge outsourcing and organizational culture, organizational performance in public sectors

Abstract

The trend of domestic and international central governments promoting public services reveal that the governmental reform is developing towards the establishment of entrepreneurial government and privatization, the applications of civil resources, and the utilization of Knowledge Outsourcing as the promotion direction and strategy. Aiming at the directors and administrators of bureaus and departments in Tainan City Government, total 260 copies of questionnaires are distributed, and 146 copies are effectively responded, with the effective response rate 56%. The research results conclude that: Knowledge Outsourcing presents significantly positive correlations with Organizational Culture; Organizational Culture shows remarkably positive correlations with Organizational Performance; Knowledge Outsourcing reveals notably positive correlations with Organizational Performance, and Organizational Culture appears mediating effects on the correlations between Knowledge Outsourcing and Organizational Performance.