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Investigating the Role of Social Capital in Organizational Readiness to Facilitating the Establishment of Knowledge Management (Case Study: Ilam University Staff)

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Ali Akbar Khalafi, Mohammad Abasi Niko, Mohammad Hussein Askarinia, Ehsan Namdar Joyami

Pages 244-253 Received: 30 Nov, -0001 Revised: 30 Nov, -0001 Published Online: 03 Jul, 2015

http://dx.doi.org/10.46886/IJARBSS/v5-i6/1673
Objective: In this study we sought to investigate the role of social capital in organizational readiness to facilitate the establishment of knowledge management. Method: The present study is applied, descriptive, and a survey. To analyze the data, SPSS 19 and LISREL 8/8 software were used. The target population was the staff of the State University of Ilam. The sample size was 180 (Crohnbach’s alpha for entire equation was.785). Results: trust, coherence, and participation to make preparation for the creation and sharing of knowledge management were equal to .683, .508, .663, respectively (the overall equation of social capital in preparing the formation of knowledge management was equal to .734). Conclusion: The more trust, coherence, and participation exists in the companies, the more cooperation they have; and this results in the organizations readiness to transfer, exchange, create, and share the knowledge in the organizations. This causes the reduction of destructive conflicts in organizations and aligns contradictory goals of the groups with the organization’s goals.