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Knowledge sharing among employees is a key component in gaining a competitive advantage for organizations in today's dynamic environment. Knowledge sharing is vital for organizations, so the aim of this article is to identify and categorize barriers to knowledge sharing, rank these barriers, and provide solutions to overcome them in an organization.

This research utilizes a mixed-method approach, and the data collection tools include library studies, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires. The target population of this research consists of managers, administrative staff, and heads of counties in the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. The research sample includes 170 individuals selected through cluster sampling.

The results of the comprehensive analysis led to the identification of 83 indicators in 4 main dimensions, including technological barriers, organizational barriers, cultural barriers, and individual barriers to knowledge sharing. The dimension of technological barriers includes 12 indicators, the dimension of organizational barriers includes 21 indicators, the dimension of cultural barriers includes 15 indicators, and finally, the dimension of individual barriers includes 21 indicators.

The findings indicate that "organizational barriers" have the most significant impact, while "cultural barriers" have the least significant impact on knowledge sharing in the country's Public Libraries Foundation. Consequently, necessary solutions have been proposed to address these barriers

Training entrepreneurs in the tourism industry, which is the main source of income and employment in many countries today, can help sustainable development. Also, one of the characteristics of the current era, which is called the knowledge-oriented era, is the rapid changes in technology. In this regard, the aim of this research is to examine the moderating role of smart business ecosystem characteristics in the relationship between knowledge sharing and entrepreneurship growth in the tourism industry.

This study is applied in terms of purpose, and from the point of view of how to collect data, this study is in the field of descriptive survey research. The statistical population of this research includes industrial and academic specialists and experts in the field of tourism. The sample size of the present research was estimated based on Klein's rule of thumb and, using a random sampling method, 300 people were available, and 382 questionnaires were distributed to prevent the sample size from dropping. In this research, two library and field methods were used to collect data, and the variables investigated in the current study were measured through polling using an "electronic questionnaire". To measure knowledge acquisition and knowledge donation, each with 4 items from the research of Kim and Lee (2014); The characteristics of the smart business ecosystem are 7 items from the studies of Fernandez-Portillo et al. (2024) and finally, the growth of entrepreneurship with 5 items from the studies of De Klerk and et al. Also, the face validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by the opinion of professors and experts in this field, and its content validity was confirmed by the relative content validity index based on the opinions of 10 experts knowledgeable about the research topic, and its reliability or validity was also confirmed with the help of Cronbach's alpha test. In this research, SPSS version 22 and SmartPLS version 3 were used to examine and test the hypotheses.

Each of the dimensions of knowledge sharing; acquiring knowledge with a path coefficient of 0.118 and a significant test statistic of 5.121 and donating knowledge with a path coefficient of 0.360 and a significant test statistic of 9.385 have a significant effect on the growth of entrepreneurship. The characteristics of the smart business ecosystem with a path coefficient of 0.064 and a significant test statistic of 2.753 were able to influence the relationship between knowledge acquisition and entrepreneurship growth. Also, the characteristics of the smart business ecosystem with a path coefficient of 0.057 and a significant test statistic of 2.560 could moderate the relationship between knowledge donation and entrepreneurship growth.

Knowledge sharing facilitates the widespread dissemination of critical information and strengthens the creation of innovative business practices and allows entrepreneurs to access valuable resources, absorb technical knowledge, and build relationships in the entrepreneurial networks of the tourism industry. Also, the features of the smart business ecosystem create an environment for sharing knowledge in line with entrepreneurship activities and growth.

The current study aims to explore the attitudes, motivations, and obstacles to knowledge sharing among postgraduate students at the University of Tabriz.

The research method employed is a descriptive survey. The statistical population of the present study is 6,223 postgraduate students from the University of Tabriz, with a sample of 374 individuals selected based on the relative stratified sampling method according to the Krejci-Morgan table. Data were collected using a researcher-developed questionnaire. Its validity was confirmed by experts in Library and Information Science, and its reliability was determined to be 82.9% using Cronbach’s alpha. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 24, employing descriptive and inferential statistics, independent t-tests, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and linear regression.

The research findings indicated that the respondents’ age, gender, and major academic groups of the respondents had an effect on their knowledge sharing behavior, but their level of education did not. Pearson’s correlation coefficient results revealed a significant relationship between the extent of knowledge sharing and the components of attitude, motivation, barriers, resources, types of information, and knowledge sharing channels. Furthermore, the multiple regression analysis results showed that among all the independent variables, ‘attitude towards knowledge sharing’, ‘types of shared information and knowledge’, and ‘motivation to share knowledge’ were included in the equation. These three components explain 19% of the changes related to knowledge sharing.

Knowledge sharing can facilitate the exchange of ideas, experiences, and knowledge among students, leading to an expansion of knowledge and a deeper understanding of their subjects. In general, the implementation of knowledge sharing among postgraduate students at the University of Tabriz could help achieve the university’s educational and research objectives.

Loyalty and satisfaction of employees are key factors for the success and survival of any organization, especially service-oriented organizations like public libraries. On one hand, maintaining the position and dignity of the public library requires consideration of the performance and loyalty of its librarians. On the other hand, it is essential to focus on implementing a knowledge management system and promoting knowledge sharing in service-oriented organizations to enhance loyalty and organizational performance. Therefore, this research was conducted to determine the impact of knowledge management and knowledge sharing systems on the performance and loyalty of librarians in public libraries in Fars province.
The present study was conducted as applied research. Data collection involved a descriptive survey and correlation analysis. The statistical population comprised 331 librarians from public libraries in Fars province, with a sample size of 175 selected using the stratified random method based on the Krejci & Morgan table. The study utilized four questionnaires on knowledge management (Newman and Konrad, 2000), knowledge sharing (Panahi, Watson, and Partridge, 2012), librarian performance (Zarei and Same Siahkolroudi, 2017), and librarian loyalty (Yeh, Yeong, and Cheng, 2010; June, Cai, and Shin, 2006). The questionnaires demonstrated Cronbach's alpha coefficients above 0.7. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 25 for descriptive statistics and Smart PLS software for Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to determine the relationships between variables. The measurement model section utilized Cronbach's alpha, Construct Reliability (CR), and Convergent Validity (CV) indexes. Additionally, the model fit was assessed using Normed Fit Index (NFI), Standardized Root Mean Square Residuals (SRMR), d-G, d-ULS, and Chi-Square.
The findings showed that the status of variables related to knowledge management, knowledge sharing, performance of librarians, and loyalty of librarians in the public libraries of Fars province is in good condition and above average. Among the research variables, the performance of librarians, with an average of 4.04, was higher than other variables. The results of the correlation test indicated a significant and positive relationship between knowledge management and knowledge sharing (p<0.01, r = 0.373) with librarians' performance (p<0.01, r = 0.342) and loyalty (p<0.01,r = 0.484). Additionally, there was a significant and positive relationship between knowledge sharing and the performance of librarians (p<0.01, r = 0.513) and loyalty of librarians (p<0.01, r = 0.596). The indicators of the measurement model for the construct reliability index and Cronbach's alpha were above 0.7, indicating the reliability of the construct. The average variance extracted index for the convergent validity of the model was also higher than 0.5 for all variables, indicating appropriate convergent validity. The results of the SEM fit showed that the coefficient of determination for librarians' performance and loyalty were calculated as 0.327 and 0.561, respectively, indicating the prediction of 32% and 56% of the variance in performance and loyalty of librarians. Furthermore, the Goodness of Fit (GOF) index was calculated as 0.56, indicating a relatively strong fit of the proposed model.
One of the crucial factors influencing the professional conduct of librarians is their performance level and loyalty to libraries and information centers. Understanding the loyalty status of librarians can assist managers in planning to achieve desired objectives. By elucidating the correlation between knowledge management, knowledge sharing, organizational loyalty, and librarian performance, the research findings can capture the attention of library managers and officials to bolster the knowledge management and sharing systems in libraries. This will create conducive conditions for enhancing the performance and loyalty of librarians. By improving access to knowledge, honing expertise, and promoting continuous learning, librarians can deliver optimal service to users and establish a more efficient relationship with the organization.

Knowledge sharing is one of the key processes of knowledge management, and its effective implementation plays a significant role in achieving the goals of knowledge management. Many factors affect the knowledge sharing of employees, one of the most important is the trust factor. Trust is one of the important and effective components in any model of organizational knowledge sharing. Based on this, in the present research, an attempt has been made to investigate the relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational trust with a comprehensive approach and using the meta-analysis method.

The current research is practical in terms of purpose, which has used the meta-analysis method to determine, collect, combine and summarize the study findings on the subject of the relationship between the variables of knowledge sharing and organizational trust. In this research, first by using the keywords of trust (organizational trust, institutional trust) and those of knowledge sharing (knowledge sharing, knowledge transfer) in databases such as the Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IranDoc), Tehran University Central Library, MagIran, Jihad Site (SID), and foreign databases such as Emerald, ProQuest, Elsevier and Springer were searched and all articles and theses that investigated the relationship between trust and knowledge sharing were collected. The number of samples reached 72 studies after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria and using the purposeful sampling method. The scale of effect size was correlation coefficients and statistical analysis was done with comprehensive meta-analysis software (CMA2).

The meta-analysis results showed that the effect size in the random effects model for the institutional trust component is equal to .468, for the individual (cognitive- affective) trust component is equal to .428, and for the organizational trust structure is equal to .446, which according to Cohen's criterion (1988) all three obtained combined effect sizes are medium to high effect sizes. Also, examining the role of moderating variables showed that the variable of the "research location" (English and Persian) is one of the factors of the heterogeneity of the effect size. The effect size in the Persian research was equal to .482, which is more than the effect size in English research, which was equal to .401. The Q statistic (between groups) for the variable of "research location" was also obtained at a favorable significance level, which indicated its moderating role on the observed effect size. Also, regarding the role of the "publication type" variable, the significance level for the Q statistic (between groups) was higher than the desired level (p>.05). Therefore, it was concluded that the" type of publication" as a moderating variable has no effect on the observed effect. In other words, although the effect size of .448 obtained in the reviewed articles is more than the effect size of theses, it is not statistically significant and acceptable.

The results of this research showed that the relationship between organizational trust and its components (individual, institutional trust) and knowledge sharing is effective and in terms of the size of their effect, it is medium (upwards). In explaining the results, it can be said that organizational trust plays an important role in knowledge sharing, and a high level of trust in relationships among organizational members makes them more willing to share knowledge with each other and the majority of studies reviewed in this research have reported the trust as an important factor affecting knowledge sharing. Therefore, paying attention to organizational trust and its influencing dimensions on the intention and behavior of knowledge sharing can greatly help to improve the performance of the organization's knowledge management system. Based on this, it is necessary for managers of organizations to improve the knowledge sharing behavior of employees by creating a favorable organizational atmosphere. In this regard, by adopting encouraging and supportive policies, justice and fair treatment, promoting group learning, and forming informal and friendly groups, the institutional and individual trust of employees can be improved.

What justifies the investigation of the effect of information literacy and information technologies on the sharing of knowledge by different sections of society is the widespread use of public and scientific media among different sections of society, different understanding of information literacy and the importance of sharing knowledge in different strata of society. Information literacy and information and communication technologies are the determining factors in today’s constantly changing conditions. This study has investigated the role of information literacy and information technologies in knowledge sharing among public library staff.

The current research is an applied research that collects information in a descriptive manner. The statistical population of the research includes 149 librarians of the public libraries of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces in the year 1400 SH. 108 people were randomly selected as the research sample using Cochran’s formula. Hosseini and Ghasemi (2019) questionnaire was used to collect data. The independent variable in this research is information literacy, which includes the components of identifying information needs, finding and evaluating the quality of information, storing and retrieving information, effective and ethical use of information, and creating and communicating knowledge. The dependent variable of the research is knowledge sharing and the mediating variable is information technology. The validity of the questionnaire was calculated using Cronbach’s alpha and composite reliability. The value of Cronbach’s alpha and composite reliability was greater than 0/7. In this research, partial least squares (PLS) method was used to investigate the relationship between variables. Using this method, the relationship between the variables and also the strength of the relationship between them were obtained.

The examination of the research hypotheses revealed that the standard factorial value of the effect of identifying the need for information, finding and assessing the quality of information, storing and retrieving information, effective and ethical use of information, and creating and communicating knowledge on knowledge sharing, was respectively 0/378, 0/517, 0/566, 0/566, and 0/493. Therefore, in all cases, the mentioned indicators have a positive and significant effect on the knowledge sharing of public library employees. Moreover, the standard factor loading value of the effect of identifying the need for information, finding and evaluating the quality of information, storing and retrieving information, effective and ethical use of information, and creating and communicating knowledge through information technology on knowledge sharing was calculated to be respectively 0/679, 0/93, and 0/639, 0/842, and 0/832. According to the calculated factor load, all the mentioned indicators have a positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing through information technology. Accordingly, the mediating role of information technology in influencing information literacy on knowledge sharing was confirmed. In general, according to the value of the standard factor of information literacy on knowledge sharing value of 0/870 and the value of t statistic (t = 46/144>1/96), one can conclude that the index of information literacy through information technologies has a positive and significant effect on the process of knowledge sharing among public library staff.

Originality/value: 

This research has investigated for the first time the effect of information literacy and information technology on knowledge sharing in the public libraries of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces. In this regard, the present research is considered innovative. Research findings indicate that information literacy affects knowledge sharing either directly or through communication information technologies. Thus, the impact of all dimensions of information literacy on knowledge sharing has significantly increased under the influence of information technologies.

Background and objective:

 The major objective of a library is to support the educational, research, and cultural system libraries are valuated as driver elements of efficient and effective activities and services of the supporting and healing process, in addition to the aforementioned goals. The impact of knowledge on service organizations is higher compared to manufacturing organizations, and on the other hand, the ever-increasing number of service organizations has attracted more attention to this valuable asset in the world of service business. Library and internet investigations regarding the knowledge sharing behavior among librarians and service value creation for users in university libraries completely signify the fact that in our country, despite the many studies conducted in the field of knowledge sharing and service quality, modeling the impact of knowledge sharing on service value creation in the country's university library environments has been entirely abandoned. The aim of this study was to determine the components and provide a process model for creating service value in academic libraries through knowledge sharing behavior among librarians.

This research is applied in terms of purpose, and exploratory in terms of survey approach. The statistical population of this study was 19 experts in the fields of knowledge management and librarians who had full knowledge of the structure and status of university libraries and the duties of librarians working in these libraries. An in-depth interview was conducted until the theoretical saturation. In this phase of the research, the snowball sampling method was used. To do so, the first expert was selected according to preliminary investigations and more experts (among university professors, executive managers of university libraries, and experienced advisors) that have authority regarding knowledge management and service management and can help enrich the research model. In the qualitative phase of the research, the grounded theory method was implemented, and thus the main tool for data collection was conducting in-depth and unstructured interviews with experts in the marketing field. In these interviews, the researcher attempted to softly approach the discussion and gain the initial trust of the interviewees in order to pose questions regarding the antecedents and grounds for service value creation for university library users via the knowledge sharing behavior among librarians, the environmental factors impacting it, the consequences of this phenomena.

Considering the importance of creating spiritual motivation in employees as a success factor in the implementation of knowledge management, the present study aimed to identify and rank the effective spiritual motivational factors in the establishment of knowledge management and the degree of affecting and impressible of these factors relative to each other from the perspective of experts in this field. This research is practical in terms of purpose and mixed in terms of method. First, by reviewing the literature, the effective spiritual motivational factors in the establishment of knowledge management were identified, and then the Delphi survey method was used to confirm the identified factors and reach a general consensus. For this purpose, a questionnaire containing the identified factors was prepared and distributed among the members of the expert team. Then, by preparing another questionnaire, known as Dimtel method questionnaire, the members of the expert team were asked to determine the intensity of each factor's effect in pairs. In this research, Dimtel's method was used in order to prioritize and identify causal and effectual factors. The statistical population of this research is 12 active and familiar experts in both the fields of knowledge management and human resource management. Out of a total of 27 identified motivational factors, 17 effective spiritual motivational factors in establishing knowledge management were approved by the experts. After determining the intensity of the existing relationships between the variables, based on the opinion of experts and performing the steps of the Dimtel Fuzzy method, it was determined that Leadership style and managerial actions, organizational culture and organizational justice are the three priorities that have the most influence on other spiritual motivational factors in the establishment of knowledge management and Employees' participation in affairs, creating a sense of being valued, and career advancement and promotion are the most effective spiritual motivational factors in the establishment of knowledge management. Also, the conditions of the working environment (physical conditions, equipment, etc.) are independent and do not have any influence or effectiveness on other factors. Motivated human resources, directly and indirectly, affect the implementation of knowledge management. In the meantime, spiritual motives lighten the burden of responsibility and make the road smoother. Therefore, one of the important tasks of managers of organizations that have created knowledge management initiatives in their organization or are in the early stages of implementing knowledge management is to know ways to create and strengthen spiritual motivation in employees. Investing more in influential factors, in addition to directly affecting the factor itself, can also influence other factors and indirectly respond to some of the executive burdens of other factors.

Knowledge sharing is one of the main processes of knowledge, which is affected by various human, technical and contextual factors. This research aims to identify the effect of professional relationships and toxic leadership on knowledge sharing.

In terms of the purpose, it is considered an applied research, and in terms of the data collection method, it is considered descriptive-correlation. The data of the study was collected from a sample of 313 employees of educational institutions who were selected according to the Krejcie-Morgan table and by the accessible method; In addition, the relative contribution of the class of the place of service has been considered in the selection of the sample. In order to collect data with Dixon's standard knowledge sharing questionnaire, Noe's professional relationships scale and Schmidt and Hanges toxic leadership subscale of the Rustayi toxic climate questionnaire were used. After removing outlier data using conventional methods, the number of samples reached 248 people. 235 of these employees were educational and cultural, and the data related to them were analyzed using Pearson's correlation test in SPSS 26 software and structural equation modeling in LISREL 8.8 software.

The results show the good fit of the conceptual model and the confirmation of all hypotheses, including the direct and positive effect of professional relationships on knowledge sharing, as well as the confirmation of its indirect effect through the mediation of Toxic leadership on knowledge sharing at a confidence level of 95%. The negative and significant effect of professional relationship on toxic leadership and the negative and significant effect of toxic leadership on knowledge sharing were also confirmed.

To prevent the diminishing effect of toxic leadership on knowledge sharing and also to prevent its diminishing effect on the effect of professional relationships on knowledge sharing, the educational-cultural staff of these institutions should not refrain from presenting views and refuse to give their opinion; Because their very action can provide the ground for the isolation of toxic leaders.

Knowledge sharing is one of the key areas for knowledge-based companies and is one of the most important priorities for knowledge management practitioners in the world. Knowledge sharing in the organization reduces costs in knowledge production and ensures the dissemination of working methods within the organization and enables the organization to solve its problems and issues, otherwise organizations in a competitive environment with many challenges and crises they face.

The purpose of this article is to determine the weighting and prioritization of factors affecting knowledge sharing in Guilan Science and Technology Park using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). In the first step, based on knowledge management studies and literature, a researcher-made 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was created, which was distributed and collected as a questionnaire between two groups of external and internal experts.

Factors affecting knowledge sharing were identified and categorized in four dimensions: 1) individual factors 2) organizational factors 3) socio-cultural factors and 4) technology factors. In the next step, in the form of a pair of questionnaires and with the help of Expert Choice software, these factors were prioritized and weighted. . According to the results of the second questionnaire; Socio-cultural factors (weighing 0. 340); Individual factors (weighing 0. 287), technological factors (weighing 0. 237) and organizational factors (weighing 0. 136) have the greatest impact on knowledge sharing, respectively.

It is suggested that the managers and policy makers of Guilan Science and Technology Park strongly support the socio-cultural factors in the organizational units with the help of human resources in order to make the most of the results of knowledge sharing.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between personality characteristics (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, adaptation and conscientiousness) and the tendency to share knowledge in librarians of Hamadan Public Library.

This is an applied research  that was carried out with a survey method and a questionnaire, so  Cronbach's alpha was used for NEOPI-FF five-factor personality questionnaires and knowledge sharing and the the reliability of the research tool was confirmed. The statistical population consisted of 170 librarians of public libraries in Hamadan Province.Statistical tests such as Cronbach, Kolmrog-Smirnov, Spearman, etc were used to test the research hypotheses.

The findings of this study indicated that librarians who are conscientious and dutiful (mean = 40.53), extroverted (mean = 40.30), open (mean = 38.16) and high adaptable (mean = 37.02) are more tend to share knowledge and cooperation in the organization. Furthermore the personality characteristic of librarians' neuroticism has an inverse relationship with knowledge sharing (mean = 33.79) The more this feature decreases in librarians , the more they tend to share knowledge. There was a correlation coefficient between personality characteristics and the tendency to share knowledge ( r = 0.207 ), at a significant level of P <0.023, which indicates a positive correlation between personality characteristics and the tendency to share knowledge among librarians.

The results of the study confirmed the relationship between personality characteristics and the tendency to share knowledge among librarians. In addition, the more different personality characteristics (conscientiousness, extraversion, openness and pleasantness) are strengthened in librarians, the tendency to share their knowledge increases and this can become the basis for creating a culture of participation in the organization and have a significant impact on the knowledge sharing of librarians.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitudes of faculty members of Yazd University about knowledge sharing and analysis of related factors.

In this research, descriptive and survey methods have been used. The statistical population of the study includes all faculty members of Yazd University. The sample size was determined based on Cochran formula of 115 people and the samples were selected using stratified random sampling method. In explaining the factors related to faculty members' attitudes about knowledge sharing, individual characteristics including gender, age, work experience and academic rank were considered. SPSS 21 software was used for data analysis.

Findings showed that there is no significant relationship (p˃0.05) between gender, academic rank, work experience and age of respondents in terms of three variables of behavior, attitude and awareness. However, the relationship between faculty members' attitudes and variables of behavior, knowledge, tools and motivating and limiting factors (P˂0.001) was significant.

Given the positive and significant relationship between factors affecting knowledge sharing and attitudes about knowledge sharing, it can be said that the existence of a strong organizational culture leads to an increase in the desire to share knowledge in people and their greater success in doing this with colleagues.

Due to the role of virtual social networks in the process of knowledge sharing and to make contact between groups and human communities, this study examines the impact of use of virtual social networks and dimensions of social capital theory on knowledge sharing and student interaction.

This research is of applied type that was conducted by using descriptive method. In this research, from social capital theory has been used as a theoretical foundation to examine the relationships between the use of virtual social networks in universities, knowledge sharing and students’ interaction. The statistical sample of the research is 303 Postgraduate students of Payame Noor University of Fars province in 1400. The data collection tool is Guranting et al. (2019) questionnaire. Independent research variables include virtual social networks and social capital theory (dimensions including: structural, relational and perceptual), the intermediate variable is knowledge sharing and the dependent variable is student interaction research. content validity (Confirmatory factor analysis) and reliability (computing the coefficient of Cronbach’sa for all items) were adopted. In order to investigate of research hypotheses, the structural equation model has been used. The software used is SPSS Version 23.

Based on the research findings, the significant values of the relationship between virtual social networks, knowledge sharing and students’ interaction respectively are t = 8.00 and t = 9.35. Therefore, in both cases, there is a positive and significant relationship. Significant values obtained from the effect of structural, relational and perceptual dimensions of social capital theory on knowledge sharing were obtained 3.67, 2.06 and 3.45, respectively, which all confirm the positive and significant effect of social capital theory dimensions on knowledge sharing. The significant value of the relationship of knowledge sharing and students’ interaction (t = 9.45) confirms the existence of a significant relationship between knowledge and student interaction.

Presence in virtual social networks promotes students' desire to share knowledge. The desire to knowledge sharing increases students' interaction in individual and group activities. On the other hand, according to interaction theory, Whatever students interact with education will be more, their learning outcomes will be more.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational learning culture and knowledge sharing.

The statistical population includes 380 employees of Islamic Azad University of Tonekabon. Using Kerjcie and Morgan table, 191 people were selected as the statistical sample. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. Data collection tools include three transformational leadership questionnaires, organizational learning culture, and knowledge sharing. Formal and content validity were used to determine the validity of the questionnaires and for reliability measurement, they were confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method. SPSS-22 statistical software was used to analyze the obtained data.

The findings showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between transformational leadership and knowledge sharing (r = 0.469) at 99%. Also, studies have shown that there is a positive and significant correlation between transformational leadership and organizational learning culture (r = 0.573) at 99%.

In general, the results of the present study are consistent with the research conducted and it can be understood that in the society and the sample under study, there is a significant relationship between transformational leadership and organizational learning culture and knowledge sharing. Therefore, managers of organizations should pay close attention to this issue in today's competitive world.

This study was carried out to identify and rank factors affecting the success of knowledge management implementation in the gas organization of Khuzestan Province by the Analytical Hierarchy Process Method.

The research method was descriptive- exploratory. The statistical population included all managers and senior experts of Khuzestan Gas Company, 35 of whom were selected by snowball sampling. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the professors and managers of Khuzestan Gas Company. Cronbach's alpha method was used to determine its reliability, which was estimated at 0.877 and 0.892. In this study, SPSS and Expert Choice software were used to analyze data from descriptive and inferential statistics.

Based on the Delphi technique, 6 factors and 33 important factors were identified. The results of the analytical hierarchy process show that in terms of importance, management and leadership factors, information technology, organizational culture, organizational structure, human resource management, and processes and activities factors were ranked first to sixth.

According to the results of this study, we can use the decision model derived from identifying and ranking of factors affecting the success of knowledge management implementation in the gas organization of Khuzestan Province by Analytical Hierarchy Process Method to improve and enhance the competitive position of the company. According to the findings obtained from the priority of agents, creation, and development of technological infrastructure,  application  of  knowledge - based  strategy  in  formulating  company  plans  andproviding appropriate information systems for storage, transfer, and exchange of knowledge, the rule of creative and critical thinking in culture, engagement, development of social relations between working and business communities as well as informal relations among company employees to increase satisfaction and motivation of knowledge transfer and other knowledge management processes to improve and enhance the company's competitive position in knowledge management development can be implemented and run.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of transformational leadership, with the mediating role of individual motivation and knowledge sharing, on the innovative work behavior of public library staff of Fars province.

The present research is an applied study that was conducted using the descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of this study included the staff of public libraries in Fars province, whom at the time of the study numbered 350. 184 people were selected as the research sample using simple random sampling method using Cochran’s formula. In order to collect data, the questionnaire of the officer and others (2019) was used. For data analysis, partial least squares method and structural equation modeling in Smart PLS software were applied.

The results show that transformational leadership has a direct positive and significant effect on innovative work behavior (t = 3.450) transformational leadership directly has a significant positive effect on individual motivation (t = 7.201). Furthermore, individual motivation has a direct and significant positive effect on innovative work behavior (t = 3.847). Transformational leadership has an indirect and significant effect on innovative work behavior due to individual motivation (t = 3.775). Moreover, transformational leadership, considering the moderating role of knowledge sharing, has a significant positive effect on innovative work behavior (t = 7.703), and knowledge sharing reinforces innovative work behavior.

Transformational leadership improves the innovative work behavior of public library staff by influencing their individual motivation. Furthermore, knowledge sharing strengthens the impact of transformational leadership on innovative work behavior. The innovation of this research is in that it has studied the role of transformational leadership in innovative work behavior in the public libraries of Fars province for the first time.

Organizational creativity has always been influenced by various variables and factors. One of the affecting components on organizational creativity is the various processes of knowledge management and the phenomenon of organizational citizenship behavior. Thus the purpose of this research was study of relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior with organizational creativity in Higher Education Institutions. Research type was descriptive correlative and statistical population consisted all of staff employees in University of Qom (N=344) that by using Cochran Formula and stratified randomized sampling 260 ones were chosen as sample. To gathering data’s used from knowledge sharing standard questionnaire, organizational citizenship behavior standard questionnaire and organizational creativity questionnaire. Content validity was used to measure questionnaires validity. Questionnaires reliability through Cronbach alpha coefficient obtained equal to 0.91 for knowledge sharing, 0.82 for citizenship behavior and 0.85 for organizational creativity. Data’s analysis done in descriptive level (frequency, percentage, mean & standard deviation) and inferential level (one sample t-test, regression coefficient & structural equation modeling) by using Spss & Amos Graphic software’s. Finding showed mean of organizational citizenship behavior in different components were bigger than average and mean of knowledge sharing and organizational creativity were lower than average. Regression coefficient showed that both knowledge sharing and organizational citizenship behavior can predict employees' organizational creativity.

The present study was conducted to analyze the meta-analysis of organizationalfactors affecting the sharing of organizational knowledge.

The present study's mechanism is a quantitative meta-analysis to reach a general conclusion in this area. For this purpose, CMA2 software has been used. The purpose of this method is to integrate studies conducted in a specific field of research.

Findings show that organizational factors with p-value = 0.000 significantly affect knowledge sharing from the organization and can explain up to 0/504 the changes in knowledge sharing. The heterogeneity test shows that there is heterogeneity between the studies (Q = 1237.166 and p-value = 0.000). Also, The funnel diagram shows low standard error and relatively low bias. The expression in the distribution is regular, and the observed error is due to possible types of oblique.

According to the research findings, among the organizational factors affecting the sharing of organizational knowledge, structural capital with 0.636, relationship capital with 0.637, cognitive trust with 0.646, emotional trust with 0.609, transformational leadership with 0.643, social interaction with 0.713, and standard language with 0.690 had the highest effect and significant relationship with organizational knowledge sharing.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of open import innovation on innovation performance by analyzing the mediating role of innovation strategy and knowledge sharing in in Mobarakeh Steel Company of Isfahan. The present research was descriptive-survey in terms of research method and applied in terms of purpose. The research instruments were based on standard questionnaires of Ghasemi (1396) innovation performance, Lichtentaller's re-entry innovation (2009), Rajabzadeh (1396) innovation strategy and Khosrojerdi (2015) knowledge sharing, which after measuring validity (convergent, divergent, CFA, EFA) and reliability (Cronbach's alpha and Composite), was performed with the participation of 98 managers of in Mobarakeh Steel Company of Isfahan, who were selected by random sampling method and Cochran's formula. Data analysis method was performed in two descriptive and inferential levels through "SPSS25" and "SmartPLS3" software. Findings showed that the highest beta coefficient (β = 0.736) was related to the path of open import innovation to knowledge sharing, also knowledge sharing and innovation strategy as a whole, the relationship between open import innovation and innovation performance directly (with (367), mediated indirectly (with a value of 0.381) and in general (with a value of 0.748); Therefore, the greater the amount of knowledge sharing and innovation strategy in the steel company, the more innovative innovation will have an impact on innovation performance

The purpose of this study was to feasibility implementation of knowledge management based on the Bukowitz & William's model components and also the effects of this model on knowledge contribute in Qom province public libraries.

A survey - descriptive method was used. The population was included 92 librarians of Qom province public libraries. The statistical sample was selected 73 people based on Krejcie & Morgan table. Sampling method is stratified random sampling and data collection tool was a researcher-developed questionnaire with the Likert scale. The face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by expert teachers and its reliability was calculated as 0.96 by Cronbach's alpha method. For data analysis was used descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS software.

Findings revealed that the feasibility implementation of Bukowitz & William's KM model in the Qom province public libraries is upper than the average (3.29). The results of regression test showed that this model can predict 75% of the effects on the "knowledge contribute" component. The components of "knowledge learning" and "knowledge assess" have the most impact on the "knowledge contribute" component. Also, the feasibility implementation of KM in terms of demographic characteristics i.e. gender, discipline, work experience, academic degree and work type were no significant difference from librarian's view.

The Bukowitz & William's model was approved as a suitable model for KM implementation in non-profit organizations like public libraries. Also, effective factors in this model on "knowledge contribute" were identified which will be applicable for managers and librarians of public libraries in Qom province.