Title: Faculty members' attitudes, expectations and practises of Knowledge Management at higher education institutions in Jordan

Authors: Aieman A. Al-Omari; Abdullah M. Abu Tineh; Samer A. Khasawneh

Addresses: Faculty of Educational Sciences, Hashemite University, PO Box 330206, Zarqa 13133, Jordan ' Department of Educational Sciences, College of Education-Qatar University, PO Box (2713), Doha-Qatar ' Faculty of Educational Sciences, Hashemite University, PO Box 330206, Zarqa 13133, Jordan

Abstract: This paper investigated the faculty members' attitudes, expectations and practises of Knowledge Management (KM) in Jordanian Universities. Results revealed that the faculty members' attitudes, expectations and practises of KM were in moderate levels that faculty members in the humanities discipline have higher attitudes than those in scientific. No significant differences in attitudes of faculty members toward KM related to their gender and academic rank, and no significant differences in expectations of faculty members toward KM related to their gender, academic rank and academic discipline. Faculty members in the humanities discipline have higher practises than those in scientific, and no significant differences in practises of faculty members of KM related to their gender and academic rank.

Keywords: KM; knowledge management; faculty members; member attitudes; member expectations; member practises; HEIs; higher education institutions; Jordan; humanities; science; gender; academic rank; academic disciplines; education management; universities; innovation; innovative learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2013.050821

International Journal of Management in Education, 2013 Vol.7 No.1/2, pp.199 - 211

Published online: 13 Sep 2014 *

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