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The present research was conducted with the aim of designing and validating the model of the effectiveness of organizational climate in the management of knowledge sharing among higher education academics.

In terms of purpose, this study is applied-developmental, and in terms of the method and time period of data collection, it is a cross-sectional survey research. In order to achieve the goal of the research, an exploratory mixed-method research design was used. The statistical population of the qualitative part includes all the professors in the universities of Tehran, Sharif, Science and Technology, Amir Kabir, Khawja Nasiruddin Tousi and Tarbiat Modarres who were working there during the period of 2011 to 2023. Using targeted sampling, 10 eligible people participated in this research. The statistical population of the quantitative part included all university employees, including Sharif University of Technology, Science and Technology, Amir Kabir, Khawrazmi and Khawaja Nasiruddin. Using Cohen's power analysis rule and G*Power software, the research questionnaire was distributed among 130 of them. The data collection tools were semi-structured interviews and researcher-made questionnaires, which were validated by construct validity, convergent validity and divergent validity methods. Using Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability, the reliability of the questionnaire was also evaluated. To identify the themes of the research, qualitative content analysis was used. Also, element relationships were determined by structural-interpretive modeling, and partial least squares method was used to validate the model.

Finally, 229 primary codes were extracted from the text of the interviews. By coding them, 69 sub-themes were identified and by classifying these themes into similar categories, 14 main themes were extracted

The results showed that the infrastructures of "knowledge management", "knowledge-oriented culture", "management factors" and "organizational atmosphere" affect knowledge management. Knowledge management has an effect on organizational learning and knowledge workers, and accordingly, internal and external knowledge sharing is realized with the knowledge sharing strategy.

Knowledge sharing provides opportunities to maximize the organization's power to increase efficiency, but in universities, knowledge sharing behavior does not happen among employees, and their knowledge culture is often individualistic, and this issue One of the big challenges of universities is in knowledge management, and it requires the foundation of organizational psychological atmosphere to increase the motivation of knowledge sharing in universities.

The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the structural model of knowledge sharing behavior based on the benefits of knowledge sharing with the mediator of organizational psychological space.

The research method was descriptive-correlation and structural equation model type. The research population included all the employees of Tehran technical engineering universities in 2022, and among these employees, 400 people were selected by random sampling method. The data collection tool in this research was a researcher-made questionnaire including knowledge sharing behavior, knowledge sharing benefits and organizational psychological climate. To analyze the data, Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to measure the pairwise correlation of variables and structural equations based on partial least squares method with PLS-3 software.

Based on the results of the fit indices, the structural model of the research had a good fit. The analysis of direct relationships also showed that organizational psychological atmosphere, including three dimensions of incentives, individual and management, have a significant positive relationship with knowledge sharing. Also, the benefits of knowledge sharing do not have a significant effect on knowledge sharing directly, but with the mediating role of organizational psychological space, it can affect knowledge sharing (P< 0.05).

The results of this research can help the managers of the universities for the dynamism and vitality of the universities, by thinking of solutions and creating a suitable platform and improving the organizational psychological atmosphere, the field of interest of the employees in sharing knowledge and the opportunity for the development and prosperity of the university. to provide.