Predicting the knowledge management based on creativity and social capital (case study of Islamic Azad University students of Tehran city)

Subject Areas : social psychology

Parenaz Banisi ¹ (Assistant Professor Department of Psychology and Counseling, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2018-06-17 Accepted : 2018-08-24 Published : 2018-10-23

Keywords: Social capital, Knowledge Management, Students, Creativity,

Abstract :

This research aimed to investigate predicting the knowledge management based on creativity and social capital. This study was a cross-sectional from type of correlation. Research population was all Islamic Azad University students of Tehran city in 2017-18 academic years that from them 500 people selected by multistep cluster sampling method. All of them completed the questionnaires of knowledge management (Probst & et al, 2000), creativity (Torrance, 1974) and social capital (Pajak, 2006). Data was analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression with enter model methods with SPSS-22 software. The findings showed creativity and social capital had a positive and significant relationship with knowledge management of students. Also creativity and social capital significantly could predict 35/2 percent of variance of knowledge management of students that in this predicting the share of creativity was higher than social capital (P<0/001). Regarded to the results, planners and authorities must design and implement programs to improve knowledge management. In order to improve knowledge management of students should increase their creativity and social capital, respectively.