Predicting the Acceptance of Educational Innovations Based on the Knowledge Sharing Behavior and Professional Development of Faculty Members
Subject Areas : Educational Psychologyseyed hedayatollah davarpanah 1 , Saeid Rajaipour 2 , Yaser Sayadi 3
1 - PHD student of Higher Education Management, University of Isfahan
2 - Isfahan
3 - Isfahan
Keywords: Faculty Members, Professional Development, Acceptance of Educational Innovations, Knowledge sharing behavior,
Abstract :
This research was purposed to study role of knowledge sharing behavior and professional development in predicting the acceptance of educational innovations among faculty member’s university of Isfahan. The method of the research was descriptive correlative and its analyzing method was structural equations modeling. Statistical population of the research consisted in all faculty member’s university of Isfahan, totaled 650 persons in year 2017-2018. The sample size was selected totaled 242 persons based on Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table. Nineteen questionnaires were not returned, and so 223 questionnaires were analyzed. Sampling method was proportional stratified random sampling. To collect information, researcher has used three questionnaires, one acceptance of educational innovations Alizadeh (2007), and knowledge sharing behavior Bohloul (2013), and the other Researcher-made questionnaire, professional development of Faculty Members. Collected data were analyzed using software SPSS 23 and Lisrel. The results of correlation coefficient test showed that the acceptance of educational innovations has a direct and significant relation to knowledge sharing behavior and professional development of Faculty Members (P≤0.01). Also, the results of structural equations showed that the professional development and knowledge sharing behavior with path coefficients of 0.61 and 0.28, respectively explain 37 and 8 percent of the variance of the acceptance of educational innovations among faculty members. According to the results, professional development and the motivation of faculty members to share their knowledge plays an important role in accepting of educational innovations.
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Chang, H. H., & Chuang, S. S. (2011). Social capital and individual motivations on knowledge sharing: Participant involvement as a moderator. Information & management, 48(1), 9-18.
Drummond-Young, M., Brown, B., Noesgaard, C., Lunyk-Child, O., Maich, N. M., Mines, C., & Linton, J. (2010). A comprehensive faculty development model for nursing education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 26(3), 152-161
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Iraji Noghondar, R., Hadavi, F., & Tondnevis, F. (2015). Determining the Structural Equation Model of Knowledge Management and Organizational Innovation in Employees of Sport and Youth Offices in Khorasan Razavi Province. Journal of Sport Management, 7(3), 403-419. [In Persian].
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Kamaşak, R., & Bulutlar, F. (2010). The influence of knowledge sharing on innovation. European Business Review, 22(3), 306-317.
Kazemi, M., & Ramezani, Y. (2012). Investigating the relationship between trust in management, knowledge sharing, and intermediating role of losing knowledge value and documentation. Journal of Management, 2(8), 107-124 [In Persian].
Kazori, A., & Sadeghisamarjani, A. (2017). Impact of knowledge sharing on team innovation of faculty members: case study Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Quarterly Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 5(10), 45-56 [In Persian].
Keshavarzi, A., Safari, S., & Hamidirad, J. (2015). The Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Learning, Innovation and Organizational Performance. Quarterly Scientific-Research, 6(2), 103-128 [In Persian].
King, H. (2004). Continuing Professional Development in Higher Education: what do academics do? Planet, 13(1), 26-29.
Liao, C., Wang, H. Y., Chuang, S. H., Shih, M. L., & Liu, C. C. (2010). Enhancing knowledge management for R&D innovation and firm performance: An integrative view. African Journal of Business Management, 4(14), 30-26.
Liao, S. H., & Wu, C. C. (2010). System perspective of knowledge management, organizational learning, and organizational innovation. Expert systems with Applications, 37(2), 1096-1103.
López-Nicolás, C., & Meroño-Cerdán, Á. L. (2011). Strategic knowledge management, innovation and performance. International journal of information management, 31(6), 502-509.
Lotfabadi, H., & Nowroozi, V. (2006). Transcendent wisdom, objective science, and the researcher's mature scientific character as the basis for educational innovation. Quarterly Journal of Educational Innovations, 5(15), 47-83 [In Persian].
McGregor Petgrave, D. M. (2006). Professional development strategies for teaching urban biology teachers to use concept maps effectively.
Messmann, G., & Mulder, R. H. (2011). Innovative work behavior in vocational colleges: Understanding how and why innovations are developed. Vocations and Learning, 4(1), 63-84.
Mirkamali, S.M., Pourkarimi, J., & Hejri, A. (2015). Examining the Relationship between Professional Development and Educational Innovation among Faculty Members of Psychology and Education at Governmental Universities of Tehran. Quarterly Journal of Innovation and Creativity in Human Sciences. 5(1), 1-22 [In Persian].
Mosavi, S., Jabalamoli, J., & Babaei, P. (2012). An overview of the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities. National Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Knowledge Management, Nov. 2012, Mazandaran University, [In Persian].
Naisi, A., & Namaki, A. (2011). Knowledge sharing and organizational learning in learning organization: survey research in Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Journal of Education, 17(3,4), 171-192 [In Persian].
Nie, Y., Tan, G. H., Liau, A. K., Lau, S., & Chua, B. L. (2013). The roles of teacher efficacy in instructional innovation: Its predictive relations to constructivist and didactic instruction. Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 1-11
OECD. (2016). Innovating Education and Educating for Innovation: The Power of Digital Technologies and Skills, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264265097-en
Petersen, N., & Poulfelt, F. (2002). Knowledge Management in Action. Developing knowledge and value in management consulting. Information Age Publishing, 2(33), 1-23.
Philsoophian, M., & Akhavan, P. (2017). The effect of knowledge sharing behavior on organizational performance (Case Study: Iranian Space Agency). Journal of Information Processing and Management, 32 (3) :713-730 [In Persian].
Pourkarimi, J. (2009). A Model for Professional Development of the Faculty Members of Research Organizations (Case: Jihad Daneshgahi). Journal of Research in Human Resources Management, 2(2), 141-155 [In Persian].
Richter, D., Kunter, M., Klusmann, U., Lüdtke, O., & Baumert, J. (2011). Professional development across the teaching career: Teachers’ uptake of formal and informal learning opportunities. Teaching and teacher education, 27(1), 116-126.
Sáenz, J., Aramburu, N., & Rivera, O. (2009). Knowledge sharing and innovation performance: A comparison between high-tech and low-tech companies. Journal of Intellectual Capital, 10(1), 22-36.
SHarifzadeh, M., & Abdolahzadeh, GH. (2016). Implications of Training Courses for Professional Development of Faculty Members. Higher Education Letter, 9(33), 39-61 [In Persian].
Smart, J.M. (1974). Innovation: The new juggernaut [microfilm]? Planning for higher education, 3(2).
Toorani, H., Aghaei, A., & Manteghi, M. (2012). Investigation of the global experiences in educational innovations from the perspective of methods of production, adaptation and implementation of innovations in Iranian general education, Quarterly Journal of Educational Innovations, 43(11), 6-41 [In Persian].
Van Den Hooff, B., Schouten, A. P., & Simonovski, S. (2012). What one feels and what one knows: the influence of emotions on attitudes and intentions towards knowledge sharing. Journal of Knowledge Management, 16(1), 148-158.
Villegas-Reimers, E. (2003). Teacher professional development: an international review of the literature. Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning.
Wang, Z., & Wang, N. (2012). Knowledge sharing, innovation and firm performance. Expert systems with applications, 39(10), 8899-8908.
Yeşil, S., Koska, A., & Büyükbeşe, T. (2013). Knowledge sharing process, innovation capability and innovation performance: an empirical study. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 75, 217-225.
Zahedi, S., & Bazargan, A. (2013). A Study of the concept of Faculty Development and the Successful Experiences about Its Planning and Implementing. Higher Education Letter, 6(21), 7-26 [In Persian].
Zhao, J. (2010). School knowledge management framework and strategies: The new perspective on teacher professional development. Computers in human behavior, 26(2), 168-175.