Knowledge Management
Saleh Talebi Kelishmi; Ghodratallah Mohammadi; Mohammad Razzaghi
Abstract
The purpose of the current research was to investigate the impact of the intergenerational culture of the organization on innovation with the mediating role of knowledge sharing among employees of Shiraz University. The research method is descriptive correlation type. The statistical population of the ...
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The purpose of the current research was to investigate the impact of the intergenerational culture of the organization on innovation with the mediating role of knowledge sharing among employees of Shiraz University. The research method is descriptive correlation type. The statistical population of the research included all the employees of Shiraz University in the number of 700 people, of which 248 people were selected using simple random sampling method. The tools of this research included the intergenerational culture questionnaire of King and Brandt (2017), knowledge sharing by van den Hoof and de Ryder (2004), and Holman et al.'s (2012) innovative behavior. The content validity of the questionnaires was approved by the experts and the reliability of the questionnaires was estimated by Cronbach's alpha method as 0.91, 0.81 and 0.84 respectively. Data analysis was done at two descriptive and inferential levels including Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation model. The results of the research showed that the existence of an intergenerational constructive culture has a positive and significant effect on the growth of knowledge sharing behavior. In addition, knowledge sharing behavior also has a positive and significant effect on the growth of employees' innovation. Also, intergenerational culture in university has a positive but insignificant effect on employee innovation. Therefore, the intergenerational culture in the university can influence the innovation of the employees due to the knowledge sharing behavior.
