Ebrahim  Mohammed Al-Matari, Abdulrahman  Ahmad Al Ghamdi, Fadzli  Shah bin Abd. Aziz, Rushami  Zien Yusoff, Munauwar  bin Mustafa, 
    The Moderating Role of Knowledge Management on the Relationship between
Information Technology and Total Quality Management: The
Case of the Public Hospitals in Saudi Arabia,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 11,Issue 11,
    2017,
    Pages 1708-1714,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2017.1708.1714,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2017.1708.1714)
    Abstract: The current study aims to examine relationship between information technology and total quality
management in the public healthcare sector in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the moderating effect of the moderating
effect of knowledge management on the relationship between information technology and total quality
management. The research design of the current study is quantitative using random sampling methods to
choose respondents. In the data collection process 259 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents,
while 165 questionnaires were received. Out of 165 questionnaire only 154 were found useful for further
analysis. The results of the analysis showed that there is direct relationship exist between information
technology and total quality management but knowledge management does not moderate the relationship
between information technology and total quality management.
    Keywords: Total quality management;information technology;knowledge management;partial least squares;public healthcare;relationship