elham etehadi; hamid rahimian; esmat momeni; bahram salehsedghpoor
Abstract
This study aimed to developed a questionnaire of knowledge management and check the reliability and validity of that, among faculty member of public universities in Tehran.The research method was descriptive and survey type. First, by studying the literature of the research, we extracted the components ...
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This study aimed to developed a questionnaire of knowledge management and check the reliability and validity of that, among faculty member of public universities in Tehran.The research method was descriptive and survey type. First, by studying the literature of the research, we extracted the components and indicators of knowledge management and a questionnaire was prepared. Then 300 questionnaire was administered to all faculty member of the psychology and educational sciences at six public universities in Tehran consisted of : Allameh tabatabai, shahid beheshti, kharazmi, tarbiat modarres and al-zahra in 2016- 2017. The results showed that knowledge management questionnaire has good face and content validity. Also exploratory factor analysis via principal component were used in order to examine the construct validity. Finally eight factors were identified: individual tacit knowledge, externalization, individual explicit knowledge, combination, explicit organizational knowledge, internalization, organizational tacit knowledge and socialization. The cronbach’s Alpha coefficient was found to be 0.80 for the entire questionnaire. The reliability and validity coefficient were generally qualified for being used in organizational research related to knowledge management.
