conceptual model for assessing knowledge culture

the study aimed at presenting an appropriate framework for designing & implementing knowledge management projects within research & knowledge-based organizations while focusing on the knowledge culture. first, the available literature was reviewed & the influential indices & factors regarding the knowledge culture were extracted. then, a conceptual model for evaluating the knowledge culture was designed. finally, in order to measure the validity of the test instrument, expert judgment & interview were employed. to measure the validity of the data-gathering instrument, a questionnaire was distributed to the researchers & employees at the central library of the university of tehran. it was examined through content validity & factorial analysis. to assess the reliability of the instrument, internal consistency & cronbach alpha were considered. the results of the evaluation revealed a significance relationship between & among all the factors under the study. this confirmed high internal consistency of several dimensions of the questionnaire. obtaining a cronbach alpha coefficient of more than 0.7 also pointed to the reliability of the instrument.