Research Paper
Mohammad Reza Sarmadi; Fatemeh Effati
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Nowadays, organizational knowledge management is known as the essential and futuristic strategy in complex, dynamic environments. It is used to gain competitive advantage and maintain survival and improve individual and organizational performance as well as organizations to implement this management ...
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Nowadays, organizational knowledge management is known as the essential and futuristic strategy in complex, dynamic environments. It is used to gain competitive advantage and maintain survival and improve individual and organizational performance as well as organizations to implement this management system to move towards the learner organization. Tehran،s municipality has not been excepted from this matter and has been trying to implement this management system. An assessment of the organizational maturity before the implementation of the knowledge management system allows the organization to know how its knowledge management status is. Hence, this paper intended to evaluate the organizational maturity of Tehran،s municipality from this perspective. The survey method used in this research is applied research. Data collection tool was the standard questionnaire of Asian Productivity Organization. Cronbach's Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire by SPSS software and the Alpha coefficient of 0.95 was calculated. Using random sampling and the Cochran formula , 150 individuals, who were managers and experienced people in organization, were selected.Tehran,s municipality is ranked at second level with 99.51 out of 210 points in knowledge management maturity of Asian Productivity Organization’s model. This means that after knowing the advantages of knowledge management on improving business processes and productivity, an gatheirng information about knowledge management advantages, Tehran,s municipality needs to be aware of their importance. Finally, solutions for improving and enhancing the organization in the field of knowledge management related to each of the selected model criteria are presented.
Research Paper
Maryam Salami; Mahnaz Mohseni Taromsari
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of knowledge acquisition and organizational behavior on the job performance of public librarians in Rasht. The present study is practical and correlational. The statistical population included librarians of public libraries in Rasht who were working ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of knowledge acquisition and organizational behavior on the job performance of public librarians in Rasht. The present study is practical and correlational. The statistical population included librarians of public libraries in Rasht who were working in 1398. Subjects of this study were 80 librarians from libraries who were selected using available sampling method. The research instruments consisted of researcher-made questionnaires of organizational behavior, knowledge acquisition questionnaire and employees' job performance questionnaire whose validity was confirmed through content validity method and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship between variables and regression method was used to predict the librarians' job performance through knowledge acquisition and organizational behavior. The results of data analysis showed that there is a significant and positive correlation between knowledge acquisition and job performance (r=0.29, P <0.01). There was also a significant and positive correlation between organizational behavior and job performance (r=0.30, P <0.01). The results of multiple regression analysis show that knowledge acquisition and organizational variables account for 9% of job performance changes. Given the findings, designing and holding librarians' training programs and workshops is essential to informthem about the training of all kinds of knowledge, as well as to create a favorable work and work environment and its impact on job performance. In this way, by improving the librarians' knowledge of libraries, their job performance will improve.
Research Paper
Abbas Doulani; Sohayla Zand; Roya Bradar
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence and activity of Alzahra University faculty members in the ResearchGate social network and its impact on the Scopus citation database and Google Scholar search engine based on altemetrics indexes.This study is of applied rresearch, using ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence and activity of Alzahra University faculty members in the ResearchGate social network and its impact on the Scopus citation database and Google Scholar search engine based on altemetrics indexes.This study is of applied rresearch, using survey type and from the perspective of scientometrics methodology with Altmetrics approach. The research community of this study included all faculty members of Alzahra University who are members of ResearchGate social network. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics included the frequency and mean of each of the indicators measured in the ResearchGate network, the Scopus Citation Database, and the Google Scholar search engine. Inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests) were used to assess the relationships and the presence or absence of differences between the variables studied.The findings showed that the highest attendance and activity belonged to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. The arts and literature colleges did not have a serious activity with an average GRG score of zero. There was also a significant positive correlation between Altmetric indexes in ResearchGate and GoogleScolar and Scopus citation indices.The results suggest that as researchers share knowledge and activity on the ResearchGate social network, the visibility of their scientific work increases, which in turn leads to an increase in citation indexes at Scopus and Google Scholar databases.
Research Paper
Hossein Adabi Firozjah; Hamidreza Radfar
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This study investigates the factors affecting users' understanding of digital libraries with emphasis on Allameh Tabataba'i University Digital Library.The method of this study is descriptive-analytical and it is a purposeful one. All students of Allameh Tabatabai University were the statistical population ...
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This study investigates the factors affecting users' understanding of digital libraries with emphasis on Allameh Tabataba'i University Digital Library.The method of this study is descriptive-analytical and it is a purposeful one. All students of Allameh Tabatabai University were the statistical population of this study(18000 students) out of which 378 students were selected using simple random sampling method. Due to the lack of a standard questionnaire, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The questionnaire used for data collection consisted of three demographic questions (gender, digital library experience and educational level) and eight components with 25 closed questions including system quality, information quality, service quality, usefulness, ease of use, digital library Affinity, user satisfaction and user loyalty. Data were analyzed using t-test, independent t-test and ANOVA, at significance level α = 0.05.: The findings showed that considering the calculated significance level, all factors affected students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University including system quality (-39.88), information quality (-57.425), service quality (571.721) -), usefulness (-66.320), ease of use (-49.558), digital library Affinity (-60.944), user satisfaction (-61.497), and user loyalty (-60.488). Also, there was no significant difference between students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University in terms of gender (0.554) and educational level (0.064). But there was a significant difference between students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University and digital library experience (0.000) according to the level of significance calculated.The results of the study show the overall effect of the students' perceptions of the digital library of Allameh Tabataba'i University, and each of these components of understanding can be defined according to different models in different environments.
Research Paper
Farzaneh Ghanadinezhad
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The purpose of this study was to present a conceptual model of competencies of university library managers to evaluate their competencies in Ahvaz from the perspective of staff of these libraries.This research was a survey, applied, purposeful, descriptive and analytical in nature. The study population ...
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The purpose of this study was to present a conceptual model of competencies of university library managers to evaluate their competencies in Ahvaz from the perspective of staff of these libraries.This research was a survey, applied, purposeful, descriptive and analytical in nature. The study population consisted of all the staffs of the academic libraries of Ahvaz city (n = 91). Finally, the conceptual model of competencies of university library managers was identified in 7 categories (Individual- behavioral; Socio- communication; Moral- value; Organizational- managerial; Insight- Perceptual; Innovative- Entrepreneurial and Specialty). The competencies of university library managers of Ahvaz city have been evaluated from the perspective of the staff of these libraries to be on a medium to high level.The results of this study indicate that due to the evolutions caused by the development of different technologies and the further movement of these libraries towards digitalization and electronicization, academic libraries need managers who in addition to managerial and specialized knowledge, are familiar with the latest technological advances and learn information literacy skills and other innovative and technological skills. Innovation: Most of the studies that have been undertaken for the study of university library managers have examined the performance of these libraries in a limited dimension. However, the present study was conducted to evaluate the competencies of the managers of Ahvaz academic libraries from different dimensions. The results of these evaluations can provide the basis for planning to address the weaknesses of the managers.
Research Paper
Fatemeh Hamidi; Fatemeh Nooshinfard
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Abstract This article aimed to have a deep understanding of knowledge sharing behavior as a key element in the knowledge management process and the survival factor of organizations in the present era and tried to illustrate this point by analyzing applied theories in this field and to show how these ...
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Abstract This article aimed to have a deep understanding of knowledge sharing behavior as a key element in the knowledge management process and the survival factor of organizations in the present era and tried to illustrate this point by analyzing applied theories in this field and to show how these theories have facilitated distinctive research on knowledge sharing. The present article is a narrative review and uses a library method to study a variety of articles that examine the motivational factors affecting knowledge sharing behavior in and out of the country, based on different theories. After extracting the theories from related articles, it became clear which of these theories belong to which disciplines and their applicability in this field was identified.Various motivational factors that influence individuals to engage in knowledge sharing behavior are examined by analyzing the theories in the fields of social psychology, economics, knowledge and information science and management that have been used in studies of this field. It is found that theory of reasoned action, theory of planned behavior, Social exchange theory, balance theory, self-determination theory, costly signaling theory and regulatory focus theory from social psychology, resource dependency theory in economics, anomalous State of knowledge theory from knowledge and information science and organizational climate theory from management are applicable in the area of knowledge sharing behavior. In order to interpret the knowledge sharing behavior, it was necessary to analyze the theories applied and adopted from other disciplines in this field to provide a deep insight into the psychological, economic, organizational, as well as individual capabilities that influence the intentions of individuals to share knowledge. Knowledge sharing can gain much of its understanding of theories of social psychology. Concepts such as the attitude and behavioral intention of these theories affect knowledge sharing behavior.By understanding the recurrent relationships between different organizational and individual motivational factors, knowledge sharing behaviors and outcomes can understand how organizations can adapt knowledge sharing processes to performance improvement. Senior executives should pay serious attention to, and support, in providing facilities, building trust, encouraging and educating employees about sharing knowledge and its benefits.
