Study of the role of individual factors & information technology on knowledge sharing of Khorasan Razavi physical education teachers

Knowledge sharing is one of the fundamental processes of knowledge management. If knowledge sharing is performed well, leads to the development and improvement of the quality of service in organizations, particularly in public organizations. In this study, in addition to examining the role of information technology, examining the individual factors affecting the quality of knowledge sharing is also discussed.

This study is a kind of correlation applied research. The population includes all physical education teachers in Khorasan Razavi schools, equivalent to 2,587 people that 334 people randomly selected as the sample population. Data collection tool is a modified standard questionnaire that is used in several studies. For data analysis, software spss 21 is used. For descriptive statistics, frequency, mean and standard deviation parameters and for inferential statistics, Coefficient of skewness and kurtosis, Pearson correlation test and multiple regressions were used.

The results of the study demonstrated a statistically significant correlation between all individual factors, IT and Knowledge sharing. Regression analysis also suggests that knowledge sharing variable is predictable based on individual factors and information technology.

Based on the perspective of Khorasan Razavi physical education teachers, with changes in personality characteristics, motivation, trust and awareness of the staff, the quality of knowledge sharing among them is strengthened. So staff individual factors can have major effects on the quality of knowledge sharing among Khorasan Razavi physical education teachers