Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of educational Sciences. Payame noor university. Tehran , Iran
2 Associate professor, Department of educational Sciences. Payame noor university. Tehran , Iran
Abstract
Organizational culture is recognized as a pivotal factor in ensuring the sustainability and growth. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of administrative culture on the quality of teaching and education, mediated by knowledge management, within the modern agricultural extension system. A causal-correlational research design was employed. The statistical population of the study comprised 2,247 individuals in the academic year 2023-2024, including: Agricultural extension agents affiliated with Jihad-e-Agriculture, Faculty members of agricultural research stations, Faculty members in agricultural disciplines from Islamic Azad University, Payame Noor University, and public universities in Fars Province. Using the simple random sampling method and Morgan’s table, 330 participants were selected as the study sample. The data collection tools included: Siraj’s Teaching Quality Assessment Scale (2002) with a reliability coefficient of 82%,Denison’s Organizational Culture Model (1995) and Cameron & Quinn’s Framework (2006) with a reliability coefficient of 85%,Taheri et al.’s (2022) Knowledge Management in the Modern Agricultural Extension System Scale with a reliability coefficient of 87%. All three instruments employ a 5-point Likert scale, and their validity was confirmed via confirmatory factor analysis. To investigate the impact of the variables, the path analysis method was employed. The research findings indicate that organizational culture exerts a direct positive impact on the components of knowledge management (production, distribution, processing) as well as the quality of teaching and learning. Furthermore, knowledge management components have a direct positive impact on teaching and educational quality.
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