Investigating the Relationship between Organizational Culture and Knowledge Management Process In The Agricultural Faculties of West Iran

The main purpose of this this descriptive- correlational research was to Investigating the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management process in the agricultural faculties of west Iran. The statistical population of the study consisted of the faculty members of west Iran agricultural colleges (N=157), and using Census method and 138 questionnaires were analyzable. A questionnaire was the main tool of study. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by the judgment of a panel of faculty members of the department of Agricultural extension and education, University of Tehran who were assumed here as experts. In order to measure the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach Alpha coefficients were calculated for the main scales of the questionnaire which ranged from 0.81 to 0.91. The data were analyzed by SPSS-win18 software. Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistic such as mean, standard deviation, Coefficient of variation, Correlation variability and Regression analysis. The results of correlation analysis showed the relationship between involvement, Consistency, Adoptability and Mission with knowledge management in faculty members is positive and significant. Also, the results of multiple regression analysis indicates that 49/9 percent of the variance of the dependent variable: knowledge management is explained by three components "Adoptability ", "Mission” and” involvement ".