solyman shafee; Mohsen Nowkarizi; Amin Zare
Abstract
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.
