Promoting Knowledge Management Components in the Palestinian Higher Education Institutions - A Comparative Study

Abu Naser, Samy S.; Al Shobaki, Mazen J.; Abu Amuna, Youssef M.

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Promoting Knowledge Management Components in the Palestinian Higher Education Institutions - A Comparative Study

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This paper aims to measure knowledge management maturity in higher education institutions to determine the impact of knowledge management on high performance. Also the study aims to compare knowledge management maturity between universities and intermediate colleges. This study was applied on five higher education institutions in Gaza strip, Palestine. Asian productivity organization model was applied to measure Knowledge Management Maturity. Second dimension which assess high performance was developed by the authors. The controlled sample was (917). Several statistical tools were used for data analysis and hypotheses testing, including reliability correlation using Cronbach’s alpha, “ANOVA”, Simple Linear Regression and Step Wise Regression. The overall findings of the current study shows that maturity level is in the second level. Findings also support the main hypothesis and it is sub- hypotheses. The most important factors effecting high performance are: Processes, knowledge management leadership, People, knowledge management Outcomes. Furthermore the current study is unique by the virtue of its nature, scope and way of implied investigation, as it is the first comparative study between universities and intermediate colleges in Gaza Strip that explores the status of knowledge management maturity using the Asian productivity Model.

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International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 73)

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42-53

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.73.42

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S. S. Abu Naser et al., "Promoting Knowledge Management Components in the Palestinian Higher Education Institutions - A Comparative Study", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 73, pp. 42-53, 2016

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September 2016

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Samy S. Abu Naser, Mazen J. Al Shobaki, Youssef M. Abu Amuna

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Asian Productivity Model, High Performance, Higher Education Institution, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Management Maturity

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