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Abolfazl Khosravi; Gholamreza Amiri; Mahdi Amiri
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In economy, knowledge is the most important producer and organization which is referred to as the most important competitive advantage. Also, organizational effectiveness is considered as the achievement of organizational goal. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge management ...
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In economy, knowledge is the most important producer and organization which is referred to as the most important competitive advantage. Also, organizational effectiveness is considered as the achievement of organizational goal. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge management and its processes on organizational effectiveness. The statistical population of the study was the managers of all branches of Isfahan Insurance Companies which were selected through the sampling with 72 individuals. Two questionnaires with Likert scale were used to collect data and Path analysis was used to analyze the data. The results indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between knowledge management and organizational effectiveness. Moreover, the results showed %857 of organizational effectiveness variance is related to knowledge management processes. The statistical results confirm the effect of all aspects of knowledge management on organizational effectiveness except knowledge application. Based on the research findings, designing a knowledge structure in insurance companies in Isfahan will be effective in improving the effectiveness of these companies.
Research Paper
Soraya Ziaei; Seyed Jamal Haghirosadat; Omid Alipour
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The present study aimed to investigate the effect of personality traits (self-efficacy and self-esteem) and situational characteristics (cognitive assessment: threat to challenge) on the knowledge sharing at librarians in public libraries of Khorasan Razavi province.The present research is a descriptive ...
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The present study aimed to investigate the effect of personality traits (self-efficacy and self-esteem) and situational characteristics (cognitive assessment: threat to challenge) on the knowledge sharing at librarians in public libraries of Khorasan Razavi province.The present research is a descriptive study carried out using the questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was used for four questionnaires and the reliability of the research tools was confirmed. The statistical population of this study was 310 librarians of public libraries working on the supervision of libraries organization. According to Cochran formula, a questionnaire was distributed among 172 librarians and finally 141 questionnaires were answered. To examine the research hypotheses, some statistical tests such as Cronbach's, Kolmogor-Smirnov, Spearman and others were used.Research findings indicate that librarians with high self-efficacy and high self-esteem have a more positive attitude toward knowledge management and collaboration in the organization. Also, the relationship between the positive attitude of the translators with higher self-esteem on knowledge management and cooperation in the organization was rejected. Also, librarians who have challenges in evaluating situations have a more positive attitude towards knowledge management and collaboration in the organization. Conversely, librarians who are threatened in situations of assessment have a less positive attitude toward knowledge management and collaboration in the organization. The results showed there is a significant relationship between self-efficacy and self-esteem of librarians of public libraries in Khorasan Razavi province. There is also a significant relationship between attitude toward knowledge management and collaboration in the organization with librarians' experience and education of librarians.The results of the research confirmed the effect of two categories of personality traits including self-esteem and self-efficacy as well as situational features including cognitive threat assessment and challenge situations in dealing with the attitude of librarians towards knowledge management and that these factors can predict librarian's attitude Knowledge management and collaborative knowledge sharing.Authenticity: This research examines the relationship between personality traits and knowledge management.
Research Paper
Hurie Sadighi
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the reference architecture elements for knowledge management in financial institutions. This research is both qualitative and quantitative using the survey method. Interview and questionnaire were used for data collection. The sampling method in this research ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the reference architecture elements for knowledge management in financial institutions. This research is both qualitative and quantitative using the survey method. Interview and questionnaire were used for data collection. The sampling method in this research is census. Descriptive and analytical statistical methods were used to answer the study questions and test the hypotheses. The findings indicate that among the three elements of knowledge management reference architecture, the lowest amount of attention was given to Knowledge Management followed by the knowledge business while the amount of attention to the information technology was moderate. The lowest amount of attention was given to knowledge extraction and knowledge identification processes among knowledge management elements and the highest amount of attention is in knowledge storage and Knowledge of organizational structure. Considering the elements of information technology, the amount of attention (both in the enabling and facilitator Technology) is the moderate. The knowledge business element was recognized as a strategic resource. Also, the comparison of views on the elements of knowledge management reference architecture indicate that employees devoted the least amount of attention while the managers paid the most amount of attention. The amount of implementing each element of knowledge management architecture in the center, the knowledge business element, the IT and the knowledge management have an unfavorable condition.
Research Paper
Hamid Reza Saeidnia
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The purpose of this study was to identify and classify the features of an effective website for Iranian public libraries based on the Kano model.This was an applied study and survey was used as the research methodology. The population of this study included 120 users of the public library randomly selected ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify and classify the features of an effective website for Iranian public libraries based on the Kano model.This was an applied study and survey was used as the research methodology. The population of this study included 120 users of the public library randomly selected as the main participants. A researcher-made questionnaire was designed based on a focal model for data collection. The validity of the questionnaires was verified by the faculty members of the Faculties of Information and Science and Management. To analyze the data, the Kano evaluation model, Excel software and descriptive statistics were used. Cranach alpha was used to estimate the reliability index (α = 0.83)First, the features of an effective website of the public library were identified. Hence, services were classified based on five criteria (including must-be, one-dimensional, attractive, indifferent, and reverse) depending on Kano’s model and the librarians’ and site designers viewpoints. From 72 identified services, 33 services were must be, 16 services were one-dimensional, 18 services were attractive, 5 of them were indifferent, and no service was classified as the reverse one.The results showed that most of the services identified were found on the Web site of the world's public libraries, which is expected to be used by designers and librarians of public libraries to design their library site. However, in some cases, librarians’ and site designers' comments were considered useful, but less attention was paid to the choice of users due to the lack of user familiarity with the specialty of website design. Also, some suggestions are made to attract the audience and interest of public library websites users based on the research results.
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Amir Reza Asnafi; Shima Moradi; Sahar Razavi
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Internet of things describes a situation in which a large number of devices (objects) are connected to each other via the Internet by sensors. Considering the role of libraries in collecting, processing and disseminating information, they should be able to play the role such as other organizations.The ...
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Internet of things describes a situation in which a large number of devices (objects) are connected to each other via the Internet by sensors. Considering the role of libraries in collecting, processing and disseminating information, they should be able to play the role such as other organizations.The purpose of this study was to checki the attitudes of librarians in the central library of the top universities about the Internet of things and present its application pattern in the academic library.This study applied a survey-descriptive method. The statistical population of this research is the knowledge and information science specialists working in the central libraries of the first level universities in Iran, which consisted of 298 people. The statistical population of the study was gathered through a simple random sampling. The sample size is 168 by the Cochran formula, but slightly more than 180 questionnaires were distributed. Among all the distributed questionnaires, 113 questionnaires were collected.The resultsof this study show that the Internet of things technology was used in many library processes and in the activities of public services, technical services, and library services. The responses received from librarians as well as other studies have shown that although the use of Internet of things technology will impose costs on the libraries, due to the high value of this technology as well as the speed and ease with which the library's executive and managerial activities it will arise, using this technology in the library will be desirable. Finally, the results of the study present the design and the pattern of usage of the Internet of things in the academic library.
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Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam; Zahra Hossennia-Tanha; Mitra Samiei
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The aim of this study was to analysis the services provided for the elderly in the public libraries of Tehran city affiliated to the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. The statistical population of the research included 38 administrators or managers of public libraries in Tehran city. A descriptive survey ...
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The aim of this study was to analysis the services provided for the elderly in the public libraries of Tehran city affiliated to the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. The statistical population of the research included 38 administrators or managers of public libraries in Tehran city. A descriptive survey method was used in this research. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the data, which was inspired by the guidelines of the American Library Association's for the Elderly Services in Libraries. Data analysis was done at two levels: descriptive statistics analysis including frequency, percentage of frequency and illustrating frequency tables and graphs, as well as the inferential analysis including single sample t-test using SPSS software. The results showed that Tehran Public libraries in all components of special services for the elderly including library staff training, communication and library resources, library planning, equipment, developing and sharing the facilities, home services and the budget are not in good standing right now, and the available services in all the components are below average.
