The pattern of relationships between conflict coping strategies and social capital with knowledge sharing intention and behavior among primary school teachers in Isfahan city.
Subject Areas : Journal of Educational PsychologyFatemeh Nikbakht Nasrabadi 1 , Fariba Karimi 2
1 - M.A, Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Associate Prof, Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Keywords: Knowledge sharing, social capital, conflict coping strategies, mental norms,
Abstract :
The purpose of the research was to explain the relationship between strategies for dealing with conflict and social capital with knowledge sharing among first secondary teachers. In terms of purpose, it is practical and in terms of method, it is correlation. The statistical population was 2234 teachers of Isfahan city. Using the table of Kerjesi and Morgan (1970), 327 people were selected by cluster random method. The research tools were the conflict strategies questionnaire of Putnam and Wilson (1994), social capital by Lee et al. (2014) and knowledge sharing behavior by Chenamanani (2006), intention to share knowledge, subjective norms around knowledge sharing and attitudes towards knowledge sharing by Bok et al. (2005). form and content validity and construct validity were confirmed and reliability was estimated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.78, 0.83, 0.92, 0.90, 0.81 and 0.87 respectively. Data analysis was done using spss and Amos software. The results showed there was a direct relationship between social capital and its dimensions (cognitive, structural, relational) and the intention to share knowledge. There was a direct relationship between the strategy of solution orientation and the intention to share knowledge, and there was an inverse relationship between the strategy of non-confrontation and the intention to share knowledge (p<0.01). No significant difference was observed between control strategy and intention to share knowledge. The path analysis model showed that conflict coping strategies, dimensions of social capital, attitude towards knowledge sharing and subjective norms were effective on knowledge sharing intention and knowledge sharing intention on knowledge sharing behavior.