خلاصة:
The main purpose of the present research is to analyze the knowledge creation environment at an Iranian University (Alzahra University) as a typical University in Iran, using a combination of thei-System and Ba models. This study is necessary for understanding the determinants of knowledge creation at Alzahra University as a typical University in Iran. To carry out the present research, which is an applied study in terms of purpose, a descriptive survey method was used. In this study, a combination of the i-System and Ba models has been used to analyze the knowledge creation environment at Alzahra University. i-System consists of 5 constructs including intervention (input), intelligence (process), involvement (process), imagination (process), and integration (output). The Ba environment has three pillars, namely the infrastructure, the agent, and the information. The integration of these two models resulted in 11 constructs which were as follows: intervention (input), infrastructure-intelligence, agent-intelligence, information-intelligence (process); infrastructure-involvement, agent-involvement, information-involvement (process); infrastructure-imagination, agent-imagination, information-imagination (process); and integration (output). These 11 constructs were incorporated into a 52-statement questionnaire and the validity and reliability of the questionnaire were examined and confirmed. The statistical population included the faculty members of Alzahra University (344 people). A total of 181 participants were selected through the stratified random sampling technique. The descriptive statistics, binomial test, regression analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) methods were also utilized to analyze the data. The research findings indicated that among the 11 research constructs, the levels of intervention, information-intelligence, infrastructure-involvement, and agent-imagination constructs were average and not acceptable. The levels of infrastructure-intelligence and information-imagination constructs ranged from average to low. The levels of agent-intelligence and information-involvement constructs were also completely average. The level of infrastructure-imagination construct was average to high and thus was considered acceptable. The levels of agent-involvement and integration constructs were above average and were in a highly acceptable condition. Furthermore, the regression analysis results indicated that only two constructs, viz. the information-imagination andagent-involvement constructs, positively and significantly correlate with the integrationconstruct. The results of the structural equation modeling also revealed that the intervention, intelligence, and involvement constructs are related to the integration construct with the complete mediation of imagination. The present research suggest that knowledge creation at Alzahra University relatively complies with the combination of thei-System and Ba models. Unlike this model, the intervention, intelligence, and involvement constructs are not directly related to the integration construct and this seems to have three implications: 1) the information sources are not frequently used to assess and identify the research biases; 2) problem finding is probably of less concern at the end of studies and at the time of assessment and validation; 3) the involvement of others has a smaller role in the summarization, assessment, and validation of the research.
ملخص الجهاز:
com * Received: 11 December 2019 Accepted: 14 April 2020 Abstract The main purpose of the present research is to analyze the knowledge creation environment at an Iranian University (Alzahra University) as a typical University in Iran, using a combination of thei-S ystem and Ba models.
In this study, a combination of the i-System and Ba models has been used to analyze the knowledge creation environment at Alzahra University.
The research findings indicated that among the 11 research constructs, the levels of intervention, information-intelligence, infrastructure-involvement, and agent- imagination constructs were average and not acceptable.
In the studies by researchers such as Nakamori (2006), a combination of the i-System and Ba models is used to study knowledge creation environment at universities.
In this study, the i-System and Ba models are utilized to analyze the knowledge creation environment at Alzahra University because very few of the available knowledge creation models (such as the models proposed by Bukowitz & Williams in 1999; Nonaka, Reinmoller & Toyama in 2001; Birkinshaw & Sheehan in 2002, Salisbury, 2008) specifically concentrate on the knowledge creation environment.
The present research attempts to analyzethe knowledge creation environment at Alzahra University using a combination of the i-System and Ba models.
Conceptual model of the research In the following section, we aim to assess the knowledge creation environment of Alzahra University in Iran as a typical Iranian university by means of the conceptual model represented in a questionnaire with 52 questions.
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