%0 Journal Article %T Explaining dimensions of organizational forgetting and absorptive capacity %J Modiriat-e- farda %I %Z 2228-6047 %A Mohammad Doustar %A محمد اسماعیل زاده %A هانیه حسینی %D 1394 %\ 1394/06/30 %V 43 %N 14 %P 1-10 %! Explaining dimensions of organizational forgetting and absorptive capacity %K organizational forgetting absorptive capacity organizational knowledge organizational learning %X The purpose of this paper is to explaine the dimensions of organizational absorptive capacity and organizational forgetting and to examine the relationship between them. In this context, we first describe and introduce the dimensions of organizational absorptive capacity and organizational forgetting variables. In the following, by considering background and literature review, we provide proper hypothesis. Given the size of considered community, 257 sample was chosen. Data collection tool was two questionaries that was extracted from the literature. In the following, for exploring the research hypothesis, it was used exploratory and confirmative factor analysis. The results shows that each of organizational forgetting dimensions influence on absorptive capacity dimensions. In the meantime, deterioration dimension from organizational forgetting variable had the greatest influence on utilization dimension from knowledge absorptive capacity variable %U http://rimag.ir/fa/Article/24384