solyman shafee; Mohsen Nowkarizi; Amin Zare
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The Objective: The objective of this study aims at the identification of the resources of knowledge, study the effect of Dalkir’s integrated life cycle of organizational knowledge on documenting knowledge and provide a practical model of knowledge documentation in central libraries of the state universities ...
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The Objective: The objective of this study aims at the identification of the resources of knowledge, study the effect of Dalkir’s integrated life cycle of organizational knowledge on documenting knowledge and provide a practical model of knowledge documentation in central libraries of the state universities in Iran.Methodology: The research methodology of this study is based on the analytical survey with an applied purpose. The statistical population of the study included the heads, assistants and the directors of the central libraries of the state universities in Iran. Out of the survey population of 172 members, based on the size and sample table of Krejcie & Morgan, 113 people were randomly selected, with response rate of 88% and 100 returned questionnaires. An electronic self-made questionnaire with 100 questions was used for the data collection purposes. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 8 specialist professors of this field and its reliability, according to the average Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated at 87.45.Results: The result of the multiple regression analysis showed that the Dalkir’s integrated life cycle of organizational knowledge had significant relationship with knowledge documentation and the correlation between the variables was 0.63 which was at high level. According to the adjusted correlation coefficient, 0.40 percent of the dependent variable was covered by the aforementioned cycle. The estimated direct and indirect effects of the independent variables showed that the variables knowledge capture, knowledge refinement and knowledge sharing directly with coefficients of 0.39, 0.34 and 0.27, and variables of knowledge filtering/selection and knowledge access indirectly with total coefficients of 0.22 and 0.25 were effective on knowledge documentation. The results of exploratory factor analysis resulted in extracting three factors of extraction resources and recording tacit knowledge of managers, extracting new knowledge from sources of explicit knowledge for data and web searching and 63.35% of the total variance was explained.Originality/Value: This is the first study of its kind relating to the documentation of knowledge in central libraries of the state universities in Iran with the aim of providing a practical model.
Amin Zare; solyman shafee
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Purpose: This study sought to answer these questions that How is the experience of Flow among Razi University students in studding as well as in cyberspace.
Methodology: The present study was a type of applied research that was conducted using survey method. The research data were collected using ...
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Purpose: This study sought to answer these questions that How is the experience of Flow among Razi University students in studding as well as in cyberspace.
Methodology: The present study was a type of applied research that was conducted using survey method. The research data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was based on the Csikszentmihalyi Flow theory for work and learning environments, and by making changes to it, a 36-question questionnaire was developed based on the Likert five-step spectrum. Out of a total of 36 questions, 12 questions were assigned to assess the Flow experience in each of the components (course based study, non-course based study and cyberspace use). To assess the validity of the questionnaire, the opinions of several professors and PhD students in information science were used. Data reliability of the data collection instrument was also calculated using Cronbach's alpha, and the 0.87 alpha coefficient indicated the appropriate reliability of the questionnaire. Using random sampling method, 375 questionnaires were distributed among Razi University students, of which 322 questionnaires were completed, returned and analyzed. Data analysis was performed using version 25 of SPSS software.
Findings: The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was between 1.96 and 1.96, and based on this, it can be argued that the distribution of the cumulative frequency observed was the same as the expected cumulative frequency distribution and the distribution of the studied adjective to the normal distribution. Therefore, it was possible to use parametric tests for research. The results of the variable t-test showed that the Flow experience among Razi University students in cyberspace is significantly greater than when they study - whether they are studying or not.
Conclusion: Low Flow experience while studying can be due to poor reading skills and reading habits, which are common even among students. . Other reasons for not experiencing Flow while studying include the possible imbalance between skill and challenge, which can sometimes make the activity sometimes anxious, sometimes boring, meaning that if the challenge is more than skill, the person will be anxious. And if it is less than skilled, he will get bored.
Knowledge Management
solyman shafee; daryosh ghafari; Mohsen Jafari
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Purpose: The importance of culture in knowledge creation is because a great deal of knowledge has been learned as a culture from previous generations. Therefore, organizations need to examine organizational culture before undertaking knowledge management. If an organization understands its type of culture, ...
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Purpose: The importance of culture in knowledge creation is because a great deal of knowledge has been learned as a culture from previous generations. Therefore, organizations need to examine organizational culture before undertaking knowledge management. If an organization understands its type of culture, it can consider the degree of appropriateness between its knowledge management practices and the culture for a specific business environment. the purpose of this article is to investigate the impact of different organizational cultures based on Cameroon and Queen's Competitive Values Framework on knowledge creation process in Kermanshah Public Libraries.Methodology: This study is descriptive based on the purpose of data collection and on the way of data collection. The study population was 87 managers and staff of Kermanshah General Department and Public Libraries. Based on the Krejcie and Morgan table, the sample size was 70 people. 51% (73%) answered the questionnaire. Data collection was done by library and field methods. Findings: the results of regression analysis and t-test show that organizational culture has a significant impact on the development of knowledge creation process in Kermanshah public libraries. Also, organizational culture has a positive and significant effect on the process of socialization, externalization, composition and internalization of knowledge in these centers. Market culture the dominant culture in these centers is that it has a positive and meaningful impact on the composition of knowledge. The study of the status of knowledge conversion showed that it is oriented towards the socialization and externalization of knowledge. Path analysis results showed that market culture had a direct effect and indigenous culture, adhocrasi culture and hierarchical culture had an indirect effect on the knowledge creation process. Based on the results of path analysis, an experimental framework was presented.Conclusion: Market culture is the dominant culture in public libraries. This is the kind of competitive and resultant culture. Leadership style is based on productive competition and strategic emphasis on competitive advantage and market superiority, so library compliance with the environment and adaptation to the needs of the organization are essential. On the other hand, it is about the process of creating knowledge to pay attention to the socialization and externalization of knowledge. This situation is consistent with Nonaka's and Tacuchi's theory, which emphasizes the importance of hidden knowledge in the process of knowledge creation, and that outsourcing is the main process of knowledge creation.
Soleiman Shafiei; Amin Zare
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Background and Objectives: Meta-analysis is a new paradigm different from qualitative, metaphorical, and systematic review. The subjectivity of the implemented studies, the existence of heterogeneity and contradiction in the results of studies and the interpretation of the results in comparison with ...
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Background and Objectives: Meta-analysis is a new paradigm different from qualitative, metaphorical, and systematic review. The subjectivity of the implemented studies, the existence of heterogeneity and contradiction in the results of studies and the interpretation of the results in comparison with quantitative research have been the reasons for the formation of the meta-analysis method. Some researchers believe that in 1970s the research in the area of social science and investigating the social and cultural issues faced some challenges in regards with methodology. These challenges could be raised because of subjectivity of research, ambiguities in the results of different pieces of research, ineffective relation between the results of studies and political guidelines, intercreativity of results in comparison with quantitative research are the main reasons of these challenges. Some researchers make a signs of the development of higher education and the explosion of research reports as the reason of re-thinking about new paradigm in the methodology of social science studies in 1970s. One of the solution for this problem, was the using of mixed methodologies for the integrating of results of related pieces of research. Methodology: The aim of this research was to investigate the theoretical foundations of Meta-analysis methodology. This paper is an analytical overview that has been developed using the documentary methodology and theoretical sources. In this research, firstly, information resources and researches in the field of meta-analysis, including articles, theses, books and web pages were identified. Then, the collected data were studied and analyzed using a descriptive-analytical approach. Finally, the results of the study were analyzed analytically in comparison with information science and science researches. Findings: The meta-analysis method was proposed in 1967 with the aim of integrating and integrating the studies carried out in the field of social, cultural and behavioral analysis using statistical methods. In addition, systematic review, metaphysics, transcendence, and metadata are equivalent meta-analytic terms, which are fundamentally different in nature and merely beyond which qualitative research is combined and their similarities and differences are compared, their findings are translated into each other and interpreted New from their collection. Research has shown that heterogeneity of publications, heterogeneity, incomplete data, availability and availability of early-qualifying studies and studies in other languages are the most important issues and strategies for solving meta-analysis problems in information science and science, and meta-analysis in this field is rarely used. Is located. Studies in information science and science show that in terms of volume, statistical properties and quality, the necessary framework for the implementation of meta-analysis studies in this field is provided and the meta-analysis is an appropriate opportunity for scholars of this science to integrate the results of studies, develop existing theories, create new theories And provided comprehensive interpretations of the phenomena examined. The research also showed that there is no limit to the introduction of studies into the meta-analysis, and the number of studies included in the composition depends on the subject matter of the research and the goal, so that if a researcher examines a phenomenon based on the very personal experience of the subjects studied, Few studies are sufficient, but more studies are needed to measure more common phenomena. Discussion: Information science and science as one of the branches of social sciences have a large amount of quantitative and qualitative research, and in practice there is a weak link between the results of these studies and its policies and policies. Studies in the field of information science and science have often been reviewed in the form of a meta-analysis. Researchers of this science use the systematic review method to collect raw data, to diagnose, integrate, and express simple and sequential expressions of research results. However, the number and quality of research done and the contradiction and heterogeneity in their results have made the use of the meta-analysis method more necessary. Considering that, on the one hand, the quantitative and qualitative researches carried out in the field of information science and science, taking into account the meta-criteria criteria, have been suitable conditions for entering meta-class studies, and, on the other hand, it is possible to employ a wide range of statistical methods in meta-analysis such as the size of the effect, Determining the significance level and deviation from the standard of effect size. Therefore, the field for researchers in this science is provided to integrate the results of studies, develop existing theories, create new theories, strengthen the certainty of cause and effect relationship, and provide comprehensive interpretations of the phenomena examined. Also, heterogeneity of studies, lack of consistency, incomplete data, access to early studies, and quantitative and qualitative data on the progress of knowledge and information science experts in the use of meta-analysis, should be addressed further.
