Knowledge Management
mahnaz khodadad; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Esmat Momeni; Nadjla Hariri
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Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of localizing knowledge management categories based on the foundations of Proust, Rub and Knowledge building knowledge based on the activities of the Hozeh Honari (Islamic Art &Thought Center), Panel Delphi Organisation’s ...
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Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of localizing knowledge management categories based on the foundations of Proust, Rub and Knowledge building knowledge based on the activities of the Hozeh Honari (Islamic Art &Thought Center), Panel Delphi Organisation’s . Research method: In terms of purpose, it is practical and Delphi method with a qualitative approach. The research data collection tool is a semi-structured questionnaire in which knowledge management topics have been localized by experts using the Delphi method. The statistical population of 21 experts included managers and individuals with artistic degree and purposeful sampling method. Results: In the first round, 70 categories were identified in 8 indicators of identification, acquisition, development, distribution, protection, use, measurement and knowledge objectives with the opinion of experts and specialists. In the second round, the structured categories of the first round using the Likert scale and its statistical summary with the mean showed that the component of evaluating user satisfaction with the quality of services in the art unit with an average of 90/4 of the knowledge development index, documentation component Continuous information and skills skills of employees with an average of 42/4of the knowledge measurement index, component of creating archives, abilities and knowledge capacities of internal experts with an average of 38/4of the knowledge use index, component of creating processes to gain knowledge with an average of 33/4 of the knowledge acquisition index, the components of determining the goals of common knowledge culture and the operational goals of knowledge in order to perform normative knowledge and strategic knowledge with an average of 28/4 from the knowledge goals index, the component of creating processes to acquire knowledge with an average of 28/4 of the index. Knowledge protection, the component of attention to knowledge outside the organization and abroad with an average of 23/4 from the knowledge identification index, the component of creating a database in order to exchange knowledge with an average of 14/4 from the knowledge distribution index, is obtained in the above order. In the third round, statistical summary of the degree of importance of 8 indicators of knowledge management with total average, standard deviation, variance showed that knowledge target index with total average of 62/4knowledge development index with total average of 26/4, knowledge distribution index with total average of 18/4 and the knowledge protection index is determined with an average of 17/4. Finally, the coordination of experts and specialists in different phases using the Kendall correlation coefficient showed that the knowledge identification index with a coefficient of 1 and the knowledge acquisition index with a coefficient of 0.75 and the knowledge protection index with a coefficient of with a strong consensus were approved. Conclusion: 70 categories of knowledge management were identified by experts and specialists in the field of art of the Islamic Propaganda Organization. According to the ranking in the second round, experts and specialists agree with the categories of knowledge management. According to the third round, the index of knowledge goals, knowledge development, knowledge distribution and knowledge protection is more important. Participants' views on the Knowledge Identification Index, Knowledge Protection, and Knowledge Acquisition are strongly agreed upon.
Knowledge Management
reza karimi; atepheh ghasemyvargany
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Introduction: Considering the importance of textbooks in all academic disciplines in transferring knowledge to students, The aim of this study was to analyze the content of organizational knowledge management textbooks and compare it with the headings approved by the Ministry of Science in the field ...
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Introduction: Considering the importance of textbooks in all academic disciplines in transferring knowledge to students, The aim of this study was to analyze the content of organizational knowledge management textbooks and compare it with the headings approved by the Ministry of Science in the field of information science and knowledge.Methodology: The present study is a descriptive and content analysis using the Shannon entropy method. The statistical population includes all textbooks in the course organizational knowledge management and the total population was considered as an example. The research tool was a researcher-made checklist.Results: The major findings of the study showed that the organizational knowledge management textbook 336 times paid attention to the components of Curriculum, . and the attention has the distribution component Mapping knowledge, knowledge management Also, among organizational knowledge management Curriculum, knowledge management definitions Curriculum load factor of 1-/418 and 0/103 of the most attention. And no attention has been paid to the topics of taxonomy and ontologies, knowledge management subsystems, organizational maturity. Regarding the highest number of translation citations to the textbooks of "Organizational Knowledge Management", On 30 occasions, practical problems of knowledge management are mentioned in textbooks. On 24 occasions, the author has shown the student how to do further studies and has addressed additional resources, thus providing the ground for his active presence. The content of the textbooks in this course owes more than twice as much to domestic authors as it does to foreign authors, with 71% of the translation citations for the titles dating back to the 1990s. Regarding the topics of organizational knowledge mapping (equal ratio), knowledge extraction and organizational knowledge auditing with threefold superiority, it can be claimed that the concepts in these three topics have become indigenous and have benefited the most from domestic authors. "Organizational knowledge management" textbooks are in good shape in terms of structural indicators, but in terms of methodological evaluation, most of the content of the books is collectible.Conclusion: Organizational knowledge management textbooks are weak in terms of up-to-date, holistic and native and need to be revised.
Knowledge Management
Rez Rajabali Beglou; Fatemeh Tajdari; Faraz Sadegh Vaziri
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Research Aim: The aim of this study is to develop a strategy for the Iranian Library and Information Science Association (ILISA) based-on Blue Ocean Strategy. Blue Ocean Strategy as a new approach to strategy and innovation is one of the strategic management developments aims to sustainable growth and ...
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Research Aim: The aim of this study is to develop a strategy for the Iranian Library and Information Science Association (ILISA) based-on Blue Ocean Strategy. Blue Ocean Strategy as a new approach to strategy and innovation is one of the strategic management developments aims to sustainable growth and performance of the organization. In competitive advantage situation organizations strive to compete with other competitors using a product or service to gain competitive advantage to customers. The blue ocean strategy strives to present new solutions, and seeks to introduce a new field of business and service success. The question shaped here is what are the factors that need to be deleted, decreased, developed and increased in the ILISA.
Research method: Content analysis was used to answer the research questions because of the being exploratory of the topic. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with ten current and former ILISA executives. The thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data obtained from the interview process. Using this method, the data were analyzed in three stages, developing basic themes, constructive or organizing themes, and compilation of general themes. This coding process led to the emergence of ninety-six basic theme. Then these basic themes were combined and shaped twenty-four organizing themes. Finally, four general themes emerged from the combination of organizing themes.
Findings: The findings indicate that the ILISA needs to revise its strategies, meaning that it reduces some of its current activities such as reducing focus on association ratings and reducing off-priority activities. It should increase some activities including increase structured collaborations with central libraries, more interaction with internal and external scientific communities, more scientific outputs. Moreover, ILISA should eliminate activities such as eliminating none strategic agreements, delete direct and guild activities, as well as creating new innovative activities such as professional engagement with all stakeholders, industry and community, service delivery platforms and attract more audiences.
Conclusion: The framework developed in the present study is an appropriate tool for the future policy making of the IILISA. The Blue Ocean Strategy could used in four action framework in strategy development of ILISA as a routine in the planning and continuous improvement committee with others. Moreover, the research finding could be used in the Scientific Associations’ Commision to revise these assocations’ evaluations.
Knowledge Management
Ali Biranvand; Sareh Rahmaniyan; Alireza Mohammadi Nejad Ganji; Massoud Irvani
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Purpose. Identifying the model of factors affecting knowledge sharing in academic settings has always had a special importance and place among research in the field of knowledge management. The purpose of this study is to present a structural-interpretive model of factors affecting knowledge sharing ...
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Purpose. Identifying the model of factors affecting knowledge sharing in academic settings has always had a special importance and place among research in the field of knowledge management. The purpose of this study is to present a structural-interpretive model of factors affecting knowledge sharing in academic settings from the perspective of staff and faculty members of Payame Noor University.
Method. This research is a descriptive survey based on the applied purpose and in terms of the data collection method. The statistical population of the study includes the staff and faculty members of Payame Noor University. Using judgmental sampling, 19 experts in the field of knowledge management who had scientific, experimental, or research backgrounds were selected as members of the panel of experts. Data collection methods in this study are divided into two categories: library and field (questionnaire). In this research, the fuzzy Delphi technique has been used to screen the variables The structural-interpretive modeling technique has been used to identify and design the pattern of index relations.
Findings. Based on the results, the variables of self-efficacy, managerial support, reward system, university macro policies, software infrastructure, hardware infrastructure, personal interaction, trust, personal expectations, use of social media, knowledge sharing tendency, knowledge staff, and knowledge-based culture Introduced as effective factors on knowledge sharing in Payame Noor University. The results indicate that macro-university policies, managerial support, and knowledge-based culture are the most influential factors. Self-efficacy and knowledge staff variables are the most influential factors identified in this study.
Originality and value. So far, no similar research has examined the internal and external relations, determining the levels of influence and effectiveness of the effective factors in knowledge sharing in the university, and the present study is innovative in this regard.
Keywords: Knowledge management, Knowledge Sharing, Motivation to share knowledge, structural-interpretive modeling, Payame Noor University.
Knowledge Management
soudabeh derakhshandeh; Fereshteh Sepehr; zahra abazari; neshaneh neshaneh
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Background and objective: Image indexing based on search engines in retrieving text-based and content-based indexed images using the Delphi technique.
Methodology: In terms of purpose, application and type of research using Delphi technique. The statistical population includes all specialists working ...
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Background and objective: Image indexing based on search engines in retrieving text-based and content-based indexed images using the Delphi technique.
Methodology: In terms of purpose, application and type of research using Delphi technique. The statistical population includes all specialists working in the offices of national newspapers in the city of Tehran who have sufficient aristocracy and mastery in all five search engines studied. The number of these 16 specialists was available as a sample in the study area. To collect data by documentary method, research items were extracted and Delphi questionnaire was compiled. Experts reached a general consensus in four stages with twenty questions based on a range of five Likert options. The results of the Kendall agreement coefficient test were reported to determine the degree of coordination and consensus among the experts' response in each round for comparison and comparison. By confirming the questionnaire in the qualitative section of content validity, the quality validity coefficient of the content of the questionnaire was higher than 0.78 and the content validity index was higher than 0.79 The reliability of the questionnaire was measured based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient equal to 0.916.
Findings: Google search engine showed more image retrieval rate based on their evaluation criteria. There was no significant difference between the studied search engines from the perspective of experts in the field of image retrieval based on text-based indexing at the level of P <0.05 Yandex search engine has a higher content indexing based on indexing based on more content at the level of P <0.05 . Also, Google search engine is significantly more efficient at the level of P u003c0.05 in terms of retrieving images based on the areas under study.
Discussion: Google general search engines were found to perform better than other search engines (yahoo, bing, pinterest and yandex) in retrieving images; Web image searchers can also decide on the search engine that suits their needs and interior designers for better design. In addition, these results can be generalized to similar areas, and search engine designers will find out which indexing method to use to better retrieve images.
Knowledge Management
Roghayeh Barzegar Samburan; Rouhollah Mahdiuon; Taghi Zavvar
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Objective: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the challenges of knowledge management deployment in East Azarbaijan Province Management and Planning Organization.Method: The present study was conducted by using a combination of sequential exploration strategy. In the qualitative part, ...
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Objective: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the challenges of knowledge management deployment in East Azarbaijan Province Management and Planning Organization.Method: The present study was conducted by using a combination of sequential exploration strategy. In the qualitative part, conventional content analysis method and in the quantitative stage of descriptive survey research is used. Participants in the qualitative phase were experts of Management and Planning Organization with 5 years’ service experience and 18 individuals were purposively selected for in-depth interviews. In the quantitative part, based on the qualitative results, a questionnaire was prepared and among the 86 staff of East Azerbaijan Province Management and Planning Organization was accomplished.Findings: 1.Inside the organizational factors (9 subcategories): (1.Organizational Culture 2.Individual obstacles 3.Organizational Structure 4.The Lack Importance and emphasis Managers 5.New technology is not used for knowledge sharing 6.Lack of anticipation Knowledge management in organization strategy 7. Positive and negative impact of the organization's training system 8.Human Relations 9.Viewpoint Positive and negative to knowledge management) 2.External organizational factors: (1.Negative Impact Country mega Policies 2.Social barriers) they act as barriers to the establishment of knowledge management. The results of one-sample t-test showed that except for the role of social barriers all of these factors were significant barriers to knowledge management establishment. Friedman test results showed that: lack of knowledge management in organizational strategy, lack of importance and emphasis of managers on knowledge management and organizational culture, respectively, are the priorities of knowledge management barriers in Organization. Conclusion: it is essential that East Azarbaijan Management and Planning Organization to establish knowledge management with more focus on its challenges and obstacles and take steps to find solutions to the problems and barriers.
Knowledge Management
Omm Al-Banin Feyzbakhsh; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji
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Background and Objectives: Open data aims to publish and reuse personal data freely regardless of material intellectual rights.. Open data-oriented businesses require business models and a data-sharing environment called ecosystem. Open data provides a high potential to improve civic engagement, innovation, ...
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Background and Objectives: Open data aims to publish and reuse personal data freely regardless of material intellectual rights.. Open data-oriented businesses require business models and a data-sharing environment called ecosystem. Open data provides a high potential to improve civic engagement, innovation, and the creation of social-economic values. Regarding the substantiality of innovation, open data helps to pave the way for innovation. The purpose of this study is to review the concepts of innovation and value creation in an open data ecosystem through the study of research projects addressing open data-related topics such as open data-based innovation and value creation from data.
Methodology: The present study is classified into the class of survey papers. To collect data relevant to the research objective, the following keywords are searched in trustworthy domestic and foreign scientific databases and Google scholar: open data ecosystem, open data innovation, competitive value creation based on open data, innovation creation based on open data, open data applications, and similar keywords. Then, resources related to open data and data-based innovation are extracted using the snowball method with a maximal approach. In total, 25 published external references from 2014 to 2021 are selected with relative comprehensiveness on the subject. The time frame and screening process are not applied in search of Persian references, due to the small number of internal research.
Findings: 30 case studies including 5 internal studies and 25 external studies were included in the present study in order to analyze innovation and value creation in open data ecosystems. The results of resource analysis are presented in the following distinct sections: 1) Identifying key components and dimensions in open data applications 2) Identifying the components and requirements of an open data ecosystem 3) Creating value based on open data 4) Creating innovation based on open data 5) The complexities related to creating innovation based on open data.
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Conclusion: Open data-based on businesses must use data to create a transformative innovation to produce new commercialized products or services or a new value network
Knowledge Management
Farajallah Rahimi; Bahar Khalili; Belghis Bavarsad
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Background and Objectives: This study is a qualitative research, based on the grounded theory approach, aiming at designing a model of organizational wisdom from knowledge management point of view.
Methodology: This research is a qualitative study based on the foundational data theory method. ...
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Background and Objectives: This study is a qualitative research, based on the grounded theory approach, aiming at designing a model of organizational wisdom from knowledge management point of view.
Methodology: This research is a qualitative study based on the foundational data theory method. The statistical population under study includes 25 knowledgeable people, including senior managers, assistants, experts and employees in the field of organization Wisdom and knowledge management point of view in the Agricultural Jihad Department of Lorestan province. The data collection tool is a deep and semi-structured interview, which was conducted with semi-structured interviews with the members of the mentioned community in order to answer the research questions.
Findings: Data analysis with a systematic approach is the foundation of data theory. In this research, in order to analyze the obtained data, a semi-structured interview method with a three-step process of open coding, central coding and selective coding was used. According to this approach, in the open coding stage, the expressions extracted from the interviews, which are specific to the area of the Agricultural Jihad Department of Lorestan province, are summarized in 119 main codes and 19 categories. Validation of the research was done using four criteria of credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. This research presents a model that classifies the effective factors, barriers and intervening factors, and the consequences of creating organizational wisdom, taking into account knowledge management, into five core categories.
Conclusion: Identifying these factors and obstacles helps the organization to make decisions regarding the creation of wisdom, so that while recognizing these factors and limitations, it takes steps in the direction of creating wisdom. Organizational wisdom is also an important factor that affects the self-awareness and control of the emotions of the members of the organization. The presented paradigmatic model shows the factors and barriers facing wisdom creation, the content, intervention and outcome factors, taking into account knowledge management, in relation to each other in the organization, which can be studied to examine the existing situation.
Knowledge Management
leila nowroozi; amir ahmadi
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Objective: the aim of the present study reviews the economic position and future identification of the species of the publication, the review of economic and cost-effective possibility to replace e-books instead of paper books, do. Unfortunately, no written research has been written in Iran in the field ...
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Objective: the aim of the present study reviews the economic position and future identification of the species of the publication, the review of economic and cost-effective possibility to replace e-books instead of paper books, do. Unfortunately, no written research has been written in Iran in the field of production and supply of e-books and the economic position of this industry and its future in Iran. In this study, we intend to analyze the e-book publishing industry in Iran, the economic status and future of such publishing from the perspective of experts and electronic publishers in the country's publishing industry and to know whether this publication has been able as our exchange for paper publishing.
Method: the present article using the analytical and descriptive research methods-enjoying the interviews, writing and research sampling method, based on the non-random sampling procedure is based on the snowball.
Findings: the possibility of replacing the e-book and printed book instead of a frustrated affair likely at least in the paper the current situation, it seems. According to the rating of the electronic publishing industry experts, industrial economic books, frugal to publishers, producers and readers and can reduce the price of the book, reading a new chapter in Iran that it would need to pay attention to the law on the protection of the rights of authors and publishers, the dissemination and promotion of the Book reading in order to raise the per capita rate study, creating the infrastructure of e-publishing and e-publishers is the job security of supply as well as the future of electronic publishing of a bright future and development axes.
Results: according to the results of the study was to investigate the electronic book publishing industry in Iran shows, this industry not to their status or economic status at the international level and not yet a commodity market of electronic books is not entirely up to the needs of consumers.
Knowledge Management
leyli taherkhani; safiyeh tahmasebi limooni; Mitra Ghiasi
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Objective: To explain the effect of web knowledge sharing on knowledge entrepreneurship according to the mediating role of information technology acceptance based on the TOE model among the employees of the Iran Public Librarries Foundation.Methodology: In terms of purpose, the present research is applied, ...
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Objective: To explain the effect of web knowledge sharing on knowledge entrepreneurship according to the mediating role of information technology acceptance based on the TOE model among the employees of the Iran Public Librarries Foundation.Methodology: In terms of purpose, the present research is applied, and in terms of data collection, it is a descriptive survey of the correlation type. The statistical population of the research consists of all the librarians of the public libraries of the country in the number of 7000 people, and 364 people were selected as a sample using Cochran's formula. To collect information from questionnaires Web knowledge sharing, Taherkhani, Tahmasbi and Ghiasi(2022), Knowledge Entrepreneurship Skrzeszewski(2006) and information technology acceptance Chandra and karippurnanda(2018) were used. The face, content and construct validity of the instrument was confirmed and their reliability was also calculated and confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. SPSS22 and PLS3.8 software were used to analyze the results.Findings: The findings of the research showed that the coefficient of influence of web knowledge sharing on employee knowledge creation and acceptance of information technology is 0.554 and 0.415, respectively; The coefficient of the adoption of information technology on the knowledge entrepreneurship of employees was calculated as 0.887 and the coefficient of the adoption of information technology in the relationship between web knowledge sharing and knowledge entrepreneurship was calculated as 0.583. It has become bigger than 1.96. Also, the findings showed that web knowledge sharing has a positive and significant effect on knowledge creation and information technology acceptance based on the TOE model of employees, and the mediating role of information technology acceptance based on the TOE model in the effect of web knowledge sharing on knowledge creation of employees is confirmed. has beenConclusion: According to the findings of the research, it can be concluded that the development of knowledge entrepreneurship requires the creation and strengthening of infrastructures such as web knowledge sharing and information technology, and they should be viewed as an interconnected process. And it is necessary to be taken seriously by libraries
Knowledge Management
somayeh fazeli; zohre cheraghi; Hadi Alhaei
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Introduction: Evaluating the maturity of knowledge management allows organizations to gain a clear understanding of their status in knowledge management indicators and plan for the next steps. Therefore, the present study was carried out in order to evaluate the organizational maturity of knowledge management ...
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Introduction: Evaluating the maturity of knowledge management allows organizations to gain a clear understanding of their status in knowledge management indicators and plan for the next steps. Therefore, the present study was carried out in order to evaluate the organizational maturity of knowledge management in the higher educational and research center of the water and electricity industry of Khuzestan.
Methodology: The research method is survey and applied. The data collection tool was the standard questionnaire of the Asian Productivity Organization, whose reliability value was 0.98. The sample size was 68 center personnel who were selected by census method. In order to analyze the data, SPSS version 23 software was used.
Findings: The research showed that the education and research center of Khuzestan water and electricity industry is at the second level of knowledge management maturity. Also, by performing the t-test, the research hypotheses were confirmed. In terms of average and Friedman ranking, the indicators of technology, process and knowledge process were ranked first to third, and the index of learning and innovation also got the lowest score among the indicators. Seventh-day assessment of knowledge management maturity. To measure the average of the seven criteria groups using the one-sample t-test, to check the normality of the data distribution using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, as well as to rank the criteria groups using the non-parametric Friedman test and to determine the level of maturity and calculate the total The scores of the seven criteria were used from the standard tables of the Asian Productivity Organization.
Conclusion: The investigated organization has passed the first stage of maturity of knowledge management and has understood the importance of establishing knowledge management. In this step, the managers, knowing the current situation, should try to fix the weak points and strengthen the strong points.
Keywords: knowledge management, maturity of knowledge management, educational and research center, water and electricity industry
Knowledge Management
hamid faramarzi; Gholam Hossein maktabi; morteza omideyan; ali reza hajiyakhchali
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Objective: This study's primary objective was to employ canonical analysis to examine the relationship between behavioral, normative, and control beliefs and their influence on the propensity to share knowledge with attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral intentions, and perceived behavioral control ...
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Objective: This study's primary objective was to employ canonical analysis to examine the relationship between behavioral, normative, and control beliefs and their influence on the propensity to share knowledge with attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral intentions, and perceived behavioral control among middle school teachers in the city of Karaj.
Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive correlational design. The statistical population for this research comprised all secondary school teachers in the city of Karaj. To this end, a sample of 350 individuals was randomly selected from this population using a simple random sampling technique. The Knowledge Sharing Questionnaire developed by Chennamaneni and Raja (2012) and the Reasoned Action Questionnaire by Fishbein and Ajzen (2002) were used to evaluate the variables. Canonical correlation analysis served as the primary statistical technique for the data analysis.
Findings: Following the collection of research data and subsequent analysis using canonical correlation analysis, a significant linear relationship, with a 5% significance level, was observed between all variables examined. supported the research hypothesis by demonstrating the predictability and significance of the relationship between behavioral, normative, and control beliefs and the propensity to share knowledge with attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral intentions, and perceived behavioral control. In this analysis, the effect size of the two canonical functions was 0.539, representing the shared variance between the two sets of variables the model could explain. an effect size of 0.539, the obtained model suggested the existence of a common source of variance that explains the overlap between the two variable sets.
Discussion and Conclusion: This study found a significant canonical correlation and a substantial overlap (53%) between behavioral, normative, and control beliefs and the propensity to share knowledge with attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral intentions, and perceived behavioral control. These findings indicated that attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral intentions, and perceived behavioral control could be predicted and have a significant relationship based on behavioral, normative, and control beliefs and the propensity to share knowledge. Specifically, In the first canonical function, all four predictor variables (behavioral, normative, and control beliefs, as well as the propensity to share knowledge) were identified as significant contributors to the relationship.
Knowledge Management
Ghanbar ahmadi; Farideh Osareh; Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini
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Background and Objectives: The present study is to analyze the gap between the situation of storage and retrieval of images in the news archives of the Radio and Television of Iran.
Methodology: The present study is a combination and in terms of purpose is in the category of applied research. By adapting ...
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Background and Objectives: The present study is to analyze the gap between the situation of storage and retrieval of images in the news archives of the Radio and Television of Iran.
Methodology: The present study is a combination and in terms of purpose is in the category of applied research. By adapting the "components of the PAO recovery approach" to the needs of the Broadcasting Organization, the components of image selection, manpower, monitoring strategies, search solutions, infrastructure and recruitment software and illustrations to view each of the six titles obtained Amad The statistical population of the study includes 120 radio and television news agents in Tehran and provincial centers, of which 99 (82.5) were the result of a researcher questionnaire, the effect of which on the storage and retrieval of images was answered. Also, the validity and reliability of the study on exposure and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were 0.94.
Findings: Data analysis showed that with the satisfaction of users' preferences, the quality of storing and retrieving images in archives and the quality of news broadcasts are improved and cause user satisfaction. The results showed that the gap between the components of search strategies, infrastructure and manpower with a score of 37.7, 36.93 and 36.9 in a critical situation and are far from the standards and are not considered desirable. The gap between the components of image selection, software and compliance with standards with a score of 36.7, 35.6 and 35.2, respectively, is in an unfavorable situation. Also, in all six cases, the mean scores of the current status were lower than the desired status.
Conclusion: Using the six components of retrieval approaches, you can play an important role in saving and retrieving images, and users can access images in the shortest time, increase the use of images, and integrate archives seamlessly, without restrictions. Remove time and place. Available to users. Useful research results help integrate image storage and retrieval across different news networks.
Knowledge Management
Zohre Azizi; saleh rahimi; vakil ahmadi
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Background and Objectives: Today, the Internet has a vibrant presence in people's lives, but with the advent of the Internet, there have been widespread concerns about protecting personal information and making users enjoy the benefits of the Internet, requiring the knowledge and ability to apply the ...
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Background and Objectives: Today, the Internet has a vibrant presence in people's lives, but with the advent of the Internet, there have been widespread concerns about protecting personal information and making users enjoy the benefits of the Internet, requiring the knowledge and ability to apply the necessary privacy-friendly solutions. Online privacy literacy as a knowledge to protect personal information is an essential literacy for living in the digital age that provides awareness of issues related to online privacy such as awareness of threats and dangers of online privacy as well as awareness of solutions Necessary to control online privacy, it helps users to protect their information. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effective factors (Internet skills, online privacy self-efficacy, online surveillance awareness, online privacy concerns and online privacy risks) on online privacy literacy of Razi University students.
Methodology: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and survey method. The statistical population of this study includes all students of Razi University (11268 people) in the academic year of 99-98. The sample size was 372 using Morgan's table and was determined by stratified random sampling. The researcher-made questionnaire (Internet Skills, Online Privacy Self-efficacy, Awareness of Online Monitoring, Concerns of Online Privacy and Awareness of Online Privacy Risks), Also, a researcher-made questionnaire made of online privacy literacy was used, which has 4 components (knowledge of the performance of online service providers, knowledge of technical aspects of online privacy, knowledge of information protection laws and awareness of necessary strategies for individual control). The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by experts and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for Internet skills (0.816), online privacy efficiency (0.763), online monitoring awareness (0.810), online privacy concerns (0. 880) and awareness of the dangers of online privacy (0.856), online privacy literacy (0.873) was obtained, which indicates the validity of the questionnaires used. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the findings using the version 24 software.
Findings: The results show that the average variable of online privacy literacy is equal to 2.60 (from the average value of 3). Among the dimensions of online privacy literacy, the highest average of 3.5 (from the average value of 3) is related to the dimension of social skills and the lowest average of 2.21 (from the average value of 3) is related to the dimension of knowledge of information protection laws. In addition, the average concern about online privacy (3.38) and awareness of online monitoring (3.22) is higher than the average of 3 and the average Internet skills (2.80), online privacy efficiency (2.83) and awareness of risks online privacy (2.85) is lower than the average value of three. Based on data analysis, Internet skills with an impact factor of 0.57, online privacy efficiency with an impact factor of 0.56, awareness of online monitoring with an impact factor of 0.39, awareness of the dangers of online privacy with an impact factor of 53 / and concern Online privacy with an impact factor of 0.12 is effective on the overall scale of online privacy literacy.
Discussion: Given the growing concern about online privacy violations, the importance of increasing literacy to protect the privacy of individuals on the Internet is increasing. Online privacy literacy is one of the key factors that can prevent online privacy violations. Individuals who are concerned about their privacy and who wish to protect their personal information are effectively protected by their privacy by utilizing knowledge about privacy controls, relevant laws, technical aspects as well as the practices of online service providers. Various factors affect the level of online privacy literacy that can overshadow people's ability and motivation to increase that literacy. Various factors affect the level of online privacy literacy that can overshadow people's ability and motivation to increase that literacy. Given the effectiveness of factors (Internet skills, online privacy self-efficacy, awareness of online surveillance, awareness of the dangers of online privacy and concerns about online privacy) on increasing, the privacy of online privacy in order to protect privacy on the Internet, Training and necessary measures should be taken to pay attention to and promote these factors. Therefore, the results of this study can be effective in improving the educational programs of universities and schools, libraries, cultural institutions, government agencies, media and other centers that can play a role in this, as well as the public, and lay the groundwork for planning. Public awareness of the role of the factors of this research in increasing privacy literacy should be online.
Knowledge Management
Mohammad Mehdi Mohtadi; Mohammad Milad Ahmadi
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Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to identify and rank knowledge management strategies as well as to determine the status of decision-making indicators related to strategies in voluntary- based organizations and organizations related to war-zone tourism in the country (Rahian-e Noor camps) have ...
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Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to identify and rank knowledge management strategies as well as to determine the status of decision-making indicators related to strategies in voluntary- based organizations and organizations related to war-zone tourism in the country (Rahian-e Noor camps) have been selected as the subject of research.Methodology: In order to prioritize the strategies studied in this research, the network analysis process approach has been used. This method is one of the valid approaches to solving multi-criteria decision-making problems and ranking options - including strategic prioritization. In most cases, decisions are made when the decision-maker is satisfied based on several criteria. This is doubly important, especially for strategic managers. Criteria may be quantitative or qualitative. In multi-criteria decision-making methods, instead of using one measure of optimality, several criteria are used. The study is based on the knowledge spiral model strategies, and the method used is the Network Analysis Process. The network analysis process provides a comprehensive approach to accurate decision-making using empirical information or decision-makers' judgments, and facilitates the decision-making process by providing a structure for organizing different criteria and assessing the importance and preference of each option.Findings: Using Barnes & Milton's knowledge management strategy framework, 20 sub-criteria were identified for 4 criteria of People, Process, Technology and Governance, and after forming a network of criteria and sub-criteria and collecting expert opinions, knowledge management strategies were scored and ranked.Conclusion: Knowledge management strategy determines the path to achieving the organization's knowledge goals. The main purpose of designing and implementing a knowledge management strategy is to put knowledge management into practice throughout the organization. The findings show that due to the participatory nature of the Rahian-e Noor, the "Socialization" strategy has the highest priority for this institution and it is recommended that the "Combination", "Internalization" and "Externalization" strategies be considered after that, respectively.
Knowledge Management
Ali Shojaeifard
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Objective: Identifying the entrepreneurial opportunity is the turning point of the activities that take place to turn an idea into capital. The present study aimed to provide a causal model for identifying entrepreneurial opportunities with respect to the role of media literacy and entrepreneurial awareness.Methodology: ...
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Objective: Identifying the entrepreneurial opportunity is the turning point of the activities that take place to turn an idea into capital. The present study aimed to provide a causal model for identifying entrepreneurial opportunities with respect to the role of media literacy and entrepreneurial awareness.Methodology: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in nature and is of correlational type which has been done in a survey. The statistical population of this study is 780 students studying in Shiraz Girls' Technical and Vocational School, of which 300 people were selected as a statistical sample through simple random sampling. The data collection tool is a questionnaire consisting of subscales of philosophical media literacy (2014), narrow entrepreneurial awareness and Murphy (2012) and identification of entrepreneurial opportunities Pohaka (2010). For statistical analysis, Pearson correlation coefficients, path analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used in Amos and SPSS software.Results: The results show that the five dimensions of media literacy have a direct and significant positive effect on the dimensions of entrepreneurial awareness (scanning and searching, collaboration and communication and evaluation and judgment). Also, the dimensions of media literacy have a direct and significant effect on identifying entrepreneurial opportunities. In the meantime, the effect of critical dimension (0.65 **) is more than other dimensions. Media literacy has an indirect effect on identifying entrepreneurial opportunities through the dimensions of entrepreneurial awareness (scanning and searching, and collaboration and communication). This effect is more on the dimensions of critical view (0.83 **) and conscious choice (0.61 **) than other dimensions. Among the dimensions of entrepreneurial awareness, the dimension of scanning and search has the greatest impact on identifying entrepreneurial opportunities.Conclusion: The development of media literacy will increase the critical view and the spirit of cooperation of individuals. Media literacy provides the context for increasing the recognition of entrepreneurial opportunities. Entrepreneurial awareness reinforces this impact and creates the opportunity to gain more chance of identifying entrepreneurial opportunities by gaining useful and up-to-date information.
Knowledge Management
zahra faraji; Atefeh Zarei; faraborz doroudi
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Background and objective. The major objective of a library is to support the educational, research, and cultural system libraries are valuated as driver elements of efficient and effective activities and services of the supporting and healing process, in addition to the aforementioned goals. The impact ...
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Background and objective. The major objective of a library is to support the educational, research, and cultural system libraries are valuated as driver elements of efficient and effective activities and services of the supporting and healing process, in addition to the aforementioned goals. The impact of knowledge on service organizations is higher compared to manufacturing organizations, and on the other hand, the ever-increasing number of service organizations has attracted more attention to this valuable asset in the world of service business. Library and internet investigations regarding the knowledge sharing behavior among librarians and service value creation for users in university libraries completely signify the fact that in our country, despite the many studies conducted in the field of knowledge sharing and service quality, modeling the impact of knowledge sharing on service value creation in the country's university library environments has been entirely abandoned. The aim of this study was to determine the components and provide a process model for creating service value in academic libraries through knowledge sharing behavior among librarians. Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose, and exploratory in terms of survey approach. The statistical population of this study was 19 experts in the fields of knowledge management and librarians who had full knowledge of the structure and status of university libraries and the duties of librarians working in these libraries. An in-depth interview was conducted until the theoretical saturation. In this phase of the research, the snowball sampling method was used. To do so, the first expert was selected according to preliminary investigations and more experts (among university professors, executive managers of university libraries, and experienced advisors) that have authority regarding knowledge management and service management and can help enrich the research model. In the qualitative phase of the research, the grounded theory method was implemented, and thus the main tool for data collection was conducting in-depth and unstructured interviews with experts in the marketing field. In these interviews, the researcher attempted to softly approach the discussion and gain the initial trust of the interviewees in order to pose questions regarding the antecedents and grounds for service value creation for university library users via the knowledge sharing behavior among librarians, the environmental factors impacting it, the consequences of this phenomena.
Knowledge Management
Fatemeh Navidi; Mohammad Hasanzadeh
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Changing Knowledge Audit Factors in Project-Based Organizations:From Present to FutureAbstractAim: The creation and flow of knowledge in the Project-Based organizations has unique characteristics, Also the audit of the created knowledge in these organizations significantly differs from other organizations. ...
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Changing Knowledge Audit Factors in Project-Based Organizations:From Present to FutureAbstractAim: The creation and flow of knowledge in the Project-Based organizations has unique characteristics, Also the audit of the created knowledge in these organizations significantly differs from other organizations. On the other hand, knowledge audit plays a key role in the success of knowledge management these organizations, the purpose of this study is investigating the importance and compliance of identified knowledge audit factors in these types of organizations.Methodology: The present study is an applied research that follows a quantitative approach using case study and survey in order to investigate the status and importance of knowledge audit factors in four PBOs: ICT Research Institute, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Niroo Research Institute; and, Iranian Space Research Center. The research data were collected through a survey of 220 project managers, project control and knowledge management managers in these four research institutes. The data were collected and analyzed in two available and ideal conditions.Results: At present, the knowledge valuation factor with a mean of 2.61 and the knowledge need analysis factor with the mean of 2.56 have the highest attention, while in the ideal state, the factors of knowledge inventory (4.287) and knowledge valuation (4.28) should be considered. In all four research institutes, there is a significant difference between the mean of knowledge audit factors in both the current and the ideal situation.Conclusion: The emphasis on knowledge valuation, knowledge needs analysis and knowledge inventory indicate the importance of knowledge assets in the Project-Based Organizations. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the importance and weight of the knowledge audit factors in designing the knowledge audit model in the PBOs.Keywords: Knowledge audit, knowledge audit factors, knowledge management, project- based organizationsKeywords: Knowledge audit, knowledge audit factors, knowledge management, project- based organizations
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.
Knowledge Management
Alireza Aghighi; Pegah kiani kiani
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Background and Objectives: The present study aims at investigating the effect of communication and task conflict on the employees’ knowledge sharing with the mediating role of trust and psychological empowerment in the Hamadan Education Organization.Methodology: This is an applied study, and a ...
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Background and Objectives: The present study aims at investigating the effect of communication and task conflict on the employees’ knowledge sharing with the mediating role of trust and psychological empowerment in the Hamadan Education Organization.Methodology: This is an applied study, and a data collection form was used to conduct a survey. The statistical population includes the authorities and employees of the Hamadan Education Organization. Since the population is infinite, 384 people were selected out of the employees, experts, and authorities of this organization by simple random sampling. The variables were measured by a standard questionnaire. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The hypotheses were tested by structural equation modeling (SEM).Findings: According to the results, task conflict can explain the variance of the employee’s communication conflicts by 64.3% and the psychological empowerment of the employees by 29.8%. Communication conflicts can explain the differences in psychological empowerment of 71.1% of employees, trust of 6.9% of employees, and knowledge sharing of 19.9% of employees. Psychological empowerment can explain 28.8% of employee trust fluctuations and 23.4% of employee knowledge sharing. The employees’ trust can explain 37.5% of the variance of the employees’ knowledge sharing in Hamadan Education Organization.Discussion: In the first hypothesis, the effect of task conflict on communication conflict was approved by 0.643. The results of the present study are consistent with the findings reported by Wei-Tsong Wang et al. (2019). In the second hypothesis, the effect of task conflict on the psychological empowerment of the employees was approved by -0.298. The standardized coefficient of correlation between these two variables is negative. So, this further strongly suggests that an increase in task conflict leads to a decrease in psychological empowerment of the employees, and vice versa. The results of this research are consistent with the findings reported by Mohammad et al. (2013). In the third hypothesis, the effect of communication conflict on the psychological empowerment of the employees was approved by 0.071. The results are consistent with the findings reported by Wei-Tsong Wang et al. (2019). So also, another hypothesis has approved the effect of communication conflict on the employees’ trust by 0.288. The results are consistent with the findings reported by Wei-Tsong Wang et al. (2019). In the fifth hypothesis, the effect of psychological empowerment on the employees’ trust was approved by 0.069. The results are consistent with the findings reported by Alajmi (2017). In the sixth hypothesis, the effect of psychological empowerment on the employees’ knowledge sharing in the Education Department was approved by 0.158. This finding is consistent with the results of studies performed by Helmy et al. (2019) and Ghalavandi et al. (2017). In the seventh hypothesis, the effect of trust on employees’ knowledge sharing in the Hamadan Education Department was approved by 0.375. This finding is consistent with the results of studies performed by Hasanzadeh and Alizadeh (2017) and Ebrahimi et al. (2012). This hypothesis suggests that there is a significant positive relationship between the components of organizational trust and all the dimensions of knowledge management. Furthermore, trust components including the employees’ trust in each other, trust with the manager, and institutional trust can also play a significantly positive predictive role in explaining knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, knowledge application, and knowledge preservation. In other words, it can be concluded from this hypothesis that higher trust leads to participation in knowledge sharing and management that can eventually be effective in capability and performance. In the eighth hypothesis, the effect of communication conflict on the employees’ knowledge sharing was approved by 0.199. This finding is consistent with the results reported by Wei-Tsong Wang et al. (2019). Finally, the ninth hypothesis approved the effect of task conflict on the employees’ knowledge sharing in the Hamadan Education Department by -0.23. As the standardized coefficient of correlation between these two variables is negative, an increase in task conflict leads to a decrease in the employees’ knowledge sharing, and vice versa. Therefore, the research hypotheses show that the lower the conflict between the employees, the higher their trust in the organization will be. Thus, they will be more motivated to participate in group and systemic activities such as knowledge sharing and information exchange between different sectors. As shown in current and previous surveys, the factors mentioned can promote and improve employee performance and thus organizational performance.
Knowledge Management
leila Namdarian; Behrouz Rasouli
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Background and Objectives: The concept of “information policy” emerged in the early 1960s as a direct response to relevant fields to the information (Browne, 1997). Information policy is necessary for avoiding deficit/inaccurate and incoherent exploitation of the information, wasting time, ...
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Background and Objectives: The concept of “information policy” emerged in the early 1960s as a direct response to relevant fields to the information (Browne, 1997). Information policy is necessary for avoiding deficit/inaccurate and incoherent exploitation of the information, wasting time, failing innovation, and losing popularity and efficient exploitation of information and information technology and acquiring competitiveness advantage in the ever-changing environment. However, Browne (1997) believed that information policy has been haphazard and sparse instead of being systematic until the end of the 20th century. Sillince (1994) also highlighted this dispersion in Europe. Despite the researchers’ emphasis on the efficiency of systematic and coherent information policymaking at the national level, it has received scant attention within the past years. For instance, The United States, as a pioneer in the information policy paradigm, still lacks a coherent and ubiquitous policy at the national level (American Library Association, 2019). Lack of this national policy in India (Rajaram, Jeyachitra, & Swaroop Rani, 2015), Australia (Chatfield and Christopher, 2016), and other countries (Fog, 2017) is evident. Interestingly, the lack of such a systematic and coherent approach to policymaking is a challenge for the national information policy (Jaeger et al., 2015). The absence of a systematic view towards information policy has resulted in difficulty grasping the nature of this new field and its slow maturation in many countries. Nevertheless, the governments shirk their responsibilities considering these approaches. Anyway, information policy is an accepted area of information studies (Browne, 1997). However, similar to many other areas in this field, it is still at the stage of developing its conceptual and theoretical principles. In Iran, information policy has not been scrutinized systematically. Acquiring a coherent policy requires clarifying the depth and breadth of information policy. Inaccurate knowledge about these dimensions leads to the haphazard policy making for information at all levels of the society, government, and industry. No systematic and comprehensive framework is found in the scholarly works which encompasses information policy dimensions and constituents in order to provide a model for the policy and decision makers. The main purpose of the current study is to identify and categorize the information policy dimensions and components systematically.Methodology: The research method used in this study is meta-synthesis. Meta-synthesis is a qualitative method that mixes the information and findings extracted from other qualitative studies and compare them with the topic under the study. Conducting such studies, the researchers identify several terms that present a more comprehensive view of the phenomenon under the study. To identify the required and appropriate dimensions for the proposed framework of national information policy, the following steps were taken (See Figure 1). Figure 1. Steps were taken to identify the thematic areas of information policyThe searching strategy for this study: The current study addressed the following question “What are the dimensions and components of national information policy?” through a systematic examination of the studies. The statistical population consisted of all relevant studies to the national information policy on the global databases including Web of Science, SCOPUS, and local ones, namely Magiran and SID in Tir 1398. The terms “information policy” and “issue areas in information policy” were looked for in such fields as title, abstract, and keywords of the global databases. The Persian equivalents of the aforementioned terms were searched for in the local databases. A total of 1000 and 25 records (having omitted the repeated records) were retrieved in the global and local databases, respectively. To examine the research question, the works were entered into EndNote 7 and were scrutinized in terms of the relevance of their title to the research purpose, accessibility, relevance of the abstract, and content. Having examined the title and abstract, 42 full-text English works were selected (No related Persian work was found). Having studied the full-text works, 15 English ones were selected to be included in the corpus of the study. It is worth noting that snowball sampling was used and three works related to the current study were identified in the reference sections of the collected works. Finally, 18 works were included in the ultimate sample and were analyzed. Findings: The main and secondary identified dimensions for the national information policy are as follows:Human resources and skills- the secondary dimensions include information literacy, information resources management skills, education, and training information experts.Rules and regulations- the secondary dimensions include intellectual property rights, access to information, censorship.Information society and its infrastructure- secondary dimensions include overcoming digital gap, social use of information, public sector and electronic government, private sector and electronic business, developing and enhancing libraries, archives, and public access center.Broadcast and telecommunication- secondary dimensions include media rights, international flow of data and information, global access, network development, public and private sector roles.Information markets- secondary dimensions include market information, pricing policies. Discussion: Considering the growing significance of information and competitiveness in the society, the policymakers are recommended to search for a comprehensive and independent policy at the national level. Such an independent policy leads the country toward a powerful information society. This independent policy has gradually entered the macro policy-making discourse in developed countries like the United States (American Library Association, 2019). The national information policy requires a comprehensive and independent framework that acts as a basis for making various plans. The findings of the current study revealed that a national information policy framework encompasses six main dimensions including human resources and skills, rules and regulations, information society and its infrastructure, broadcast and telecommunication, information section, and information markets. In this sense, the rules and regulation dimension was the most frequently identified one which might be of higher importance.The national information policy dimensions should entail all stages of the information life cycle in all areas of individual and collective life. The information life cycle includes interwoven stages, that is, if a stage encounters a problem, the other ones may be influenced. Hence, the national information policy should provide the required legal framework for all the aforementioned dimensions in various stages of this cycle (from creation to use). As a result, the current study attempted to propose a framework that covers the dimensions and relevant themes in each of the stages of the information life cycle.The proposed framework presents the policy and decision-makers with a model to form a ubiquitous policy and take action for creating, dissemination, and exploiting information and form one of the major infrastructure for an information society. Although it was tried to enhance the credibility and generalizability of the findings and proposed framework of the current study, further studies should examine its validity. Future research can examine a wide range of policies via the proposed framework in the current study and analyze the comprehensiveness of the national information policy in these documents. Since the proposed framework was based on the scholarly literature, it fails to cover new emerging issues in various information areas. Hence, a particular institution should scrutinize and explore the emerging themes in the field of national information policy.
Knowledge Management
asghar zamani
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Background and Objectives: In today’s knowledge society, it is vital to use the experiences gained by directors and chancellors of organizations and their experts for success and educate new directors. But unfortunately, in higher education and especially in research centers and institutes, despite ...
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Background and Objectives: In today’s knowledge society, it is vital to use the experiences gained by directors and chancellors of organizations and their experts for success and educate new directors. But unfortunately, in higher education and especially in research centers and institutes, despite the important role of experience, documentation of experiences and the tacit knowledge are neglected for several reasons such as: lack of culture of writing, vagueness of the concept of organizational experience, lack of a proper method for documentation and sharing it, and lack of legal and supportive infrastructure. Accordingly, efforts should be made to extract accumulated knowledge in the minds of Chancellors and deputies of research centers and institutes, by documentation of experiences. So, it will be possible to share knowledge and experience among new Chancellors and deputies. Therefore, the knowledge stored in research centers and institutes become a permanent usable resource. This study aimed to provide a model for establishing and improving of tacit knowledge sharing network in higher education. Methodology: This research was developmental and applied research. In this research, according to the subject and nature of the research, the research method was exploratory mixed method and. Therefore, this research began with a qualitative method and continued with the quantitative method for the generalization of the findings to the statistical population. In qualitative section, interview was used for data gathering. The questions of interview selected through literature review and consultation with some experts. It is notable that the interviews were semi-structured. Participants in qualitative section were experienced experts (Chancellors and deputies of research centers and institutes), theoretical experts (experts in the field of higher education), and experts in the field of experiences documentation. Some participants were experts in two or three fields of expertise. After implementing the interviews, an open coding method was used to analyze the qualitative data. Then, by calculating the reliability and validity, based on the gathered data, a questionnaire was developed. In the next phase, validity and reliability (by calculating Cronbach’s alpha) of questionnaire were confirmed and the questionnaire sent to the statistical population of the study (including all Chancellors and deputies, Heads of Offices of Chancellors and deputies, and Heads of Public Relations in research centers and institutes affiliated by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Research). Also, in quantitative phase, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. Findings: One objective of study was to establish and improve the tacit knowledge sharing network in higher education. The other objective was to develop a model for documentation of experiences of chancellors and deputies of research centers and institutes in Iran. The findings indicated that four basic steps were involved in the process of establishing a knowledge sharing network and experiences and documenting organizational experiences of research institutes chancellors, which were the main pillar of the model.According to the results, the model had four factors including: documentation policy-making, documentation planning, documentation implementation, and monitoring, control, and sharing. The factors divided to 11 steps and 31 activities. Each activities complete one-step in the process. The model had a circle form to show that there was no stopping point in documenting experiences and at the moment the documentation of the experiences was completed and shared, a new stage of documentation of experiences begin to complete the previous experiences. Discussion: To document experiences in higher education, organizational and extra organizational policies should be reviewed and amended as necessary. Also, the documentation cycle of an experience never ends and is always reviewed and modified. In the issue of documenting experiences and sharing them, we are confronted with two related issues. But both have common prerequisites. The prerequisite for documenting organizational experiences and sharing tacit knowledge and experience in Iranian research institutes and centers includes: academic policy, legal support, organizational climate, academic culture, and individual culture. Research institutes and centers need policy and legal infrastructure to create contexts for documenting experiences and implicit knowledge sharing. Accordingly, efforts should be made to extract accumulated knowledge in the minds of Chancellors and deputies of research centers and institutes, by documentation of experiences. So, it will be possible to share knowledge and experience among new Chancellors and deputies. Therefore, the knowledge stored in research centers and institutes become a permanent usable resource. If Ministry of Science, Research and Technology would like to document organizational experiences, and to avoid trial and error at research institutions, it is suggested that the real will for documentation of experiences be developed in Higher Education Directors. Also, policy and legal and judicial issues in this regard be developed. It is suggested that the issue of documentation of organizational experience be included in the appointment of all chancellors of research institutions. Through the Board of Trustees, the subject of documentation of organizational experiences is cited as mission or vision. Finally, it is suggested to set up supportive and incentive laws (such as financial or spiritual, promotion laws, etc.) to support documentary makers and users of experiences.
Knowledge Management
Shahnaz Khademizadeh
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to construct and validate a student e-learning questionnaire.Methodology: This research is an applied study in terms of purpose and a quantitative research in terms of method. The statistical population of the study includes all graduate students ...
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to construct and validate a student e-learning questionnaire.Methodology: This research is an applied study in terms of purpose and a quantitative research in terms of method. The statistical population of the study includes all graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, whose number according to the announcement of the university is 4443 people for the academic year 1400-99. There is no general agreement on the number of samples in factor analysis, but in general, most researchers consider a sample of at least 200 to be suitable for factor analysis (Brown, 2015). Meanwhile, Klein (2015) considers at least 200 samples suitable for this type of analysis (Kline, 2015). Therefore, 200 people participated in this study as a research sample. The e-learning questionnaire developed in this study is the result of library studies and review of virtual learning patterns, which was designed with the inspiration of Salmon (2004) model with emphasis on students' e-learning. This questionnaire is designed for 36 questions on a 5-point scale (very low to very high). To quantify these scales, the scores are given a score from one to five. In the quantitative part, the face and structure validity of the constructed questionnaire was reported to be good and the reliability of the instrument was obtained through Cronbach's alpha test of 0.97. To analyze the data from the exploratory factor analysis test using SPSS software version 22; Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using LISREL software (8 * 8 version). In this research, regarding exploratory factor analysis, the principal component method and varimax rotation have been used. In this study, to measure the validity of the four-factor model of the questionnaire, the fitness indicators of the model such as degree of freedom, statistical values of compliance criteria, adjusted fitness, softened fitness index, non-softened fitness index, adaptive fitness index, and the second root mean of residual squares Standardized has been used and its standard criteria have been measured based on studies such as Geffen et al. (2013).Findings: The results of research tests showed that the reliability of the e-learning questionnaire with overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.97 and Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the components between 0.88 to 0.96 is appropriate and satisfactory. Sampling adequacy index and Bartlett sphericity test were calculated for factor analysis. In addition to the adequacy of sampling, the implementation of factor analysis based on the studied matrix was also justified, so the e-learning questionnaire has a suitable factor structure. All 36 items of the questionnaire are correlated. The correlation between the constructs of the students' e-learning questionnaire is significant and it can be said that the designed questionnaire has a good differential validity for the structures.Discussion: The evaluation of e-learning in universities and higher education institutions is one of the topics that is extremely important in today's world and studies are needed to develop and promote it. There seems to be no standard tool for assessing e-learning and there is a variety of tools in this area. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of constructing and validating a questionnaire to evaluate e-learning. Validation of questionnaires is very important and validation of tools is an important step in determining the psychometric properties of those tools. Once the tools are validated, their use can be helpful for proper evaluation. Therefore, the present designed questionnaire was tested for validation. In e-learning, students have access to e-content, and any amount of e-content provided has the appropriate variety and attractiveness, increases the motivation of students in e-learning. E-learning programs are effective in promoting student learning motivation. These include guides, procedures, and ways to access electronic content. The e-learning process should be designed to be compatible with any level of media literacy of students and enable students to actively participate in the design of courses, programs and e-content to make e-learning successful. Finally, the results showed that the 4-factor model has an acceptable fit with the research data. In general, according to the results of the present study, the designed items of the present questionnaire in the field of e-learning assessment are valid and reliable questionnaires that can be used in future studies using this tool to determine e-learning among students that provides useful planning information. And deficiencies and shortcomings are addressed by policy makers and managers.
Knowledge Management
Farshad Parhamnia
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Background and Objectives: There has been a long dispute among researchers in the field of information science and epistemology about information behaviors and cognitive aspects of individuals’ behavior. Also, one of the important arguments for using information technology to search for information ...
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Background and Objectives: There has been a long dispute among researchers in the field of information science and epistemology about information behaviors and cognitive aspects of individuals’ behavior. Also, one of the important arguments for using information technology to search for information is that these behaviors are influenced by the cognitive and behavioral aspects of individuals. Therefore, one of the important factors that play an essential role in the information-seeking behavior of individuals is psychological factors. Since no systematic review of information-seeking behavior in Iran has been conducted so far, and also considering the importance and advantage of using a systematic review to review background studies, the present study was an attempt to identify the psychological factors affecting information-seeking behavior. Therefore, this study aims to identify the psychological factors affecting the information-seeking behavior of information users by employing a systematic review.
Methodology: In the present study, a systematic method was used as the research method. To investigate the research process, the framework suggested by Arksey & O’Malley (2005) was used as the main guide. This framework includes a set of structured and detailed guidelines for designing, implementing, and reporting results in systematic review studies. These steps include:
The first step was to ask a research question. At this stage, the researcher addresses two questions. The second step was to identify studies in full text related to information-seeking behavior. The third step was to select articles. The primary criterion for entering the study was the relationship between articles and psychological factors in information-seeking behavior in the two databases of the Scientific Information Database and Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Comprehensive Portal of Human Sciences. The fourth step was to extract data from selected articles. At this stage, all articles related to the selected topic were then transferred to the data extraction form based on Excel software, which was designed for the research. The fifth step was data collection, summarization, and reporting.
Findings: Finding showed out of 484 articles, 419 articles (including 322 articles unrelated to the purpose of this study, 28 articles lacking access to its full text, and 68 duplicate articles from both databases) were screened. Thus, 66 articles were screened. After reviewing the titles, this number of 29 articles were not in line with the research goal and were excluded from the review of this article. In the next step, 12 articles were published using the abstract. Finally, using the main text of the article, 25 articles were considered as the sample of the study. Also, findings showed that out of 25 articles, 20 articles were survey method, 3 articles were experimental and 2 articles were library type. Also, 18 articles, their statistical population was related to students, especially graduate students of different universities, 2 articles were related to high school students, 1 article was related to public library users, 1 article was related to clergy men and 1 article was related to faculty members. It is a university science. On the other hand, due to their nature, 2 articles did not have a statistical population. In general, three main components and 16 variables have been effective on information-seeking behavior. The main psychological factors include socio-educational factors (information counseling, and self-efficacy); cognitive factors were comprised of (thinking styles, critical thinking, creativity, curiosity and mental norms, motivational beliefs, cognitive styles, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, epistemological beliefs, self-directed learning and self-regulation); and finally the factors which result in mental and personality disorders (anxiety, excitement, and personality).
Discussion: Psychological factors seem to play an important role in the information-seeking behavior of information users in different societies, and Iranian society is no exception. However, in the published articles in the field of information-seeking behavior, more attention has been paid to information content and less attention has been paid to the psychological characteristics of individuals that originated from the human psyche and mind. In other words, information seekers' information-seeking behaviors rely heavily on psychological factors and personal characteristics.
One of the most important results of the present study is the identification of psychological factors that affect users' information-seeking behavior. This study also provides the opportunity for researchers to be more aware of the gaps in the field of psychological factors in one of the most important areas of information science and epistemology, which is information-seeking behavior in future research. In general, given that psychological factors play an important role in the information-seeking behavior of information users, programmers must take important steps to improve and improve the quality of information-seeking by focusing on these factors.
Knowledge Management
adel soleimani nejad; ameneh soleimani
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Purpose - This study aimed to better understand the research process, identify and improve the knowledge gap in the field of SKOS and in order to create a correct and comprehensive understanding of it, systematically reviewed research in this field over a period of ten years from 2010 to 2020.Design/methodology ...
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Purpose - This study aimed to better understand the research process, identify and improve the knowledge gap in the field of SKOS and in order to create a correct and comprehensive understanding of it, systematically reviewed research in this field over a period of ten years from 2010 to 2020.Design/methodology – For this purpose, the reputable international databases of Scopus, Pabmod, Science Direct and Springer and the internal databases of scientific information of Jihad Daneshgahi, Iran Research Institute of Information Science and Technology, database of Iranian publications and Noor specialized journals database. They were searched with related Persian and Latin keywords. Out of 262 articles obtained after removing irrelevant, duplicate articles and articles that were not in the desired period, 62 articles were finally reviewed.Findings – The findings of this study showed that previous studies in categories such as application, review and quality improvement, design and development, structure, natural language processing, the relationship between SKOS and O.W.l., common mistakes in SKOS And the current state of scass on the web. Among them, the fields of application and review and improvement of the quality of SKOS have the most thematic share, and in 2016 and 2017, the most articles in this field were published. Also, the results of the thematic review of the articles showed that SKOS has been used the most in the design and preparation of thesauruses and ontologies of various fields, and also SKOS in areas such as the design of semantic web search engines, labeling and marginalization. Automated writing on the Semantic Web, improving Web search, representing and integrating Web schemas, categorizing Web features, representing semantic representations, indexing data, and linking strategies Plays the main.Conclusions: The results indicate the wide applications of SKOS in projects, ontologies and semantic web thesauri. Also, its capabilities in supporting Persian language can be used from SKOS in all fields mentioned in Persian. Also benefited. The results of reviewing the texts in this research can be the basis for future research.
