Knowledge sharing is one of the elements of knowledge management process which could be effective on employees' happiness. The present survey studied the impact of attitude towards knowledge sharing on employees' happiness in University of Isfahan. It was conducted using descriptive-field methodology. The statistical population included 830 employees of the university among which one-hundred thirty (130) persons were selected through random sampling as research sample. Questionnaire of attitude towards knowledge sharing containing twenty-three questions and questionnaire of employees' happiness containing twenty questions were tools of data collection. Content and face validities and thus the questionnaire were confirmed by supervisors. Also Cronbach alpha coefficient was used to confirm reliability that was obtained equal to 0.89 and 0.83 for components of attitude towards knowledge sharing and employees' happiness respectively. Descriptive statistics methods, t-test and Friedman ranking test were applied for inferential analysis of data. Findings reveal that as the mutual significance level (0.000) is less than 5%, it could be perceived that mean of this item has a significant difference with test value (equal to 3). On the other hand, mean is higher than test value equal to 3 given that lower and upper limits of confidence interval are positive. As a result, research hypothesis is confirmed and employees' attitude towards knowledge sharing is effective on employees' happiness in viewpoint of respondents. If it is intended that employees share their knowledge with others well, existence of a desirable management is necessary.
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