Knowledge Management and Employee Empowerment: A Case Study of Mayekawa (Thailand) Company Limited

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study (1) the level of employee empowerment in Mayekawa Company (2) the level of knowledge management in Mayekawa Company, and (3) the relationship between knowledge management and employee empowerment. The sample was 104 employees at Mayekawa Company. Simple random sampling method was used to collect data. The questionnaire with reliability of 0.968 was used as research instrument. Statistics used for data analysis were percentages, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used for hypothesis testing.

The results showed that (1) the level of employee empowerment in Mayekawa Company was high (2) the level of knowledge management in Mayekawa Company was high (3) knowledge management was strongly correlated with employee empowerment at statistical significance level of 0.01. The results of this research could be applied for empowerment and knowledge management planning in order to encourage knowledge and career advancement of employees.