Investigating the Effective Factors on the Organizational Pathology of Knowledge Production in Islamic Azad University

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Keyvan Kaveh ¹ , Taghi AghaHosseini ² , Mahboubeh Sadat Fadavi ³

1 - PhD Student in Educational Management, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Higher Education Management, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2022-07-09 Accepted : 2022-08-29 Published : 2022-10-03

Keywords: Islamic Azad University, pathology of knowledge production, strategic issues, structural issues, process issues,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to investigate the factors affecting the organizational pathology of knowledge production in Islamic Azad University. The method of the present research was a quantitative survey type, and applied in terms of the goal. The statistical population of the present study included all full-time professors of the Islamic Azad Universities in the North, South, East, West, and Central regions, including the Islamic Azad Universities of Sari, Isfahan, Kerman, Khorramabad, and Shiraz, with a total number of 1389. 305 people were selected as the sample size by random sampling method based on Cochran's formula. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity of which was based on the professors' point of view, and its reliability was calculated (0.89) based on Cronbach's alpha. For data analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equations were used with Pls Smart3 software. The findings showed that strategy, structure, and process variables directly and strategy variable indirectly explain 96.8% of knowledge production pathology through structure and process variables. Also, the structure and the process variables explain respectively 49.6 and 58.4 percent of the pathology of knowledge production. 38.7% of the changes in knowledge production is related to the direct effect of the strategy, 39% of the changes in knowledge production is related to the effect of structure, 32% of the changes in knowledge production is related to the direct effect of the process, 70.5% of the changes is related to the structure of the direct effect of strategy, 36.5% of the changes is related to the process of the direct effect of strategy, and 46.3% of the changes of the process variable is related to the direct effect of the structure.