Knowledge Management (KM) in Agricultural Colleges of Khuzestan Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Agricultural Education

Masoud  Ahmadinejad ¹ (Department of Management, Shoushtar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shoushtar, Iran)

Received: 2020-08-28 Accepted : 2020-09-27 Published : 2020-09-29

Keywords: Knowledge management, Khuzestan province, Agricultural Colleges,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was analyzing knowledge management in agricultural colleges Islamic Azad University of Khuzestan Province, Iran. The statistical population was (N=210). The sample size (n=108) were investigated. After confirm the validity of the instrument by panel of experts, to determine the reliability coefficient using Cronbach alpha coefficients were obtained for all sections of the questionnaire over 0.81 were calculated. Method of research was descriptive and correlative. Based on the results, research activities, job motivation, academic rank, social and cultural activity can explain 65.7% of variance of knowledge management.

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