Knowledge Retrieval and Semantic Systems

Abstract Organizational creativity has always been influenced by various variables and factors. One of the affecting components on organizational creativity is the various processes of knowledge management and the phenomenon of organizational citizenship behavior. Thus the purpose of this research was study of relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior with organizational creativity in Higher Education Institutions. Research type was descriptive correlative and statistical population consisted all of staff employees in University of Qom (N=344) that by using Cochran Formula and stratified randomized sampling, 260 ones were chosen as sample. To collect data, three standard questionnaires of knowledge sharing, standard questionnaire of organizational citizenship behavior and researcher-made questionnaire of organizational creativity were used. Content validity was used to measure questionnaires validity. Questionnaires reliability obtained through Cronbach alpha coefficient was equal to 0.91 for knowledge sharing, 0.82 for citizenship behavior and 0.85 for organizational creativity. Data analysis was performed at two descriptive levels (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and at the inferential level (sample t-test, regression coefficient and structural equation model) using SPSS software version 22 and Amos graphic. Finding showed mean of organizational citizenship behavior in different components was higher than average, and mean of knowledge sharing and organizational creativity was lower than average. Regression coefficient showed that both knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior can predict employees' organizational creativity.

Abstract The purpose of this study was the investigation of the relationship of knowledge conversion process with the innovation and creativity among the personnel of Amol Education office. The type of research was a descriptive correlational one. The statistical population of this study included all the 132 personnel of Amol Education office in which 101 one of them were selected as the sample using the Cochran's Formula and the simple random sampling method. The required data for the study were collected through two knowledge conversion process questionnaires consisting of 24 items in four components and a questionnaire of innovation and creativity with 12 items base on the five Likert-typed scales. The content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by experts. The reliability of the questionnaires of knowledge conversion process and the innovation and creativity one were estimated as 0.91 and 0.92 respectively using the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient. For data analysis one sampled T-Tests, multivariate analysis of Variance, Pearson correlational and regression coefficients were used. The results showed that innovation, creativity and knowledge conversion process are all above average in Amol Education office. Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between the knowledge conversions process with innovation and creativity which is the only internalization that can predict innovation and creativity.