Information and Knowledge Management
davood ghasemzadeh; mohamadbagher Alizadehaghdam
Abstract
the main purpose of present research is study of relationship between cultural collectivism dimension and Knowledge sharing among graduate student of Tabriz University. The method of this study was descriptive-survey. The population of this study was Graduate Students of Tabriz University and with using ...
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the main purpose of present research is study of relationship between cultural collectivism dimension and Knowledge sharing among graduate student of Tabriz University. The method of this study was descriptive-survey. The population of this study was Graduate Students of Tabriz University and with using of Cochran formula and proportional Sampling 650 person selected as a Sample size. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire. Correlation test results show a positive and significant relationship between cultural collectivism and student's knowledge sharing. There is also a positive and significant relationship between cultural collectivism components with knowledge sharing. The results of the correlation test indicate that the vertical individualism have a negative and significant relationship with knowledge sharing. T-test results show that knowledge sharing does not have significant difference based on gender of students. The results of the regression show that the horizontal collectivism and horizontal individualism components of cultural collectivism explain 24% of knowledge sharing variance. Therefore, universities and higher education Centers in order to achieve success in the sharing of knowledge among graduate students in their policies and plans should be pay special attention to strengthen the Students group and team working skills.
