The Effect of Strategic Management on Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharingin Private Universities in Kuwait

This study aims to examine the effect of strategic management on organizational performance by mediating the role of knowledge sharing in private universities in Kuwait. The survey included 296 employees are working in three private universities in Kuwait namely Gulf University for Science and Technology, Arab Open University – Kuwait, and the American University of the Middle East. The study used SPSS and PLS-SEM in order to test the hypotheses of the study. The results indicated that strategic management and knowledge sharing has a positive direct effect on organizational performance. Meanwhile, the results indicated that strategic management has a positive direct effect on knowledge sharing. Moreover, the results indicated that knowledge sharing mediated the effect between strategic management and organizational performance. This study recommended replicated context of this study in the Kuwait service industry which constitutes a significant proportion of businesses in the country. This will provide further evidence on the relationship between strategic management and organizational performance in Kuwait.