Organizational competency, business strategy, leadership, knowledge management and organizational survival of the automotive parts industry: examining the mediating role of business growth

This research aimed to study 1) To study the influence of organizational competency, business strategy, leadership, and knowledge management on business growth of the automotive parts industry. 2) To study the influence of business growth on organizational survival of the automotive parts industry and 3) To study the influence of organizational competency, business strategy, leadership, and knowledge management on organizational survival through business growth mediates of the automotive parts industry. The researchers utilized a quantitative analysis, and the data set was analyzed by descriptive statistics and path analysis model. The research instrument was a questionnaire and conducted through randomly selected 198 executives at 618 companies of Thailand Auto Parts Manufacturers Association. The research results found that all hypothesis was significant. Whereas business growth mediates, has been related to the other variables. The path analysis model was completed with empirical data at the acceptable level consists of: 2/df = 0.106, p-value = 0.956, GFI = 0.999, AGFI = 0.996 and RMSEA = 0.000.