Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. student in Higher Education Management, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

2 Faculty member, Department of Educational Sciences, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of psychological, intellectual resources and professional ethics on job performance by mediation of knowledge sharing among professors. The method of this applied research was descriptive and the design of study was correlation of structural equation modeling. The statistical population was 297members of all professors of Lorestan University that number of sample was 201 members who were selected by proportional random sampling method with community size. Then, collecting data was performed by job performance questionnaires of Garavand and Zandi, professional ethics of Hiud, intellectual capital of Bontis, psychological capital of Lotanz, and sharing knowledge of Dicson. Alfa coefficients of 0/98, 0/96, 0/88, 0/78, 0/83 were respectively for the intellectual capital, professional ethics, knowledge sharing and job performance questionnaires that indicated the desired reliability of the measurement tools. Validity of the questionnaire was also verified by using factor analysis. Next, the hypothesis was analyzed by structural equation modeling. Afterwards, the results proved that psychological capital, intellectual capital and professional ethics had a significant effect on mediation of knowledge sharing on the job performance of professors. Therefore, it is necessary that the managers of Lorestan University with planning to promote the psychological capital, intellectual capital and professional ethics of faculty members achieve the condition to improve the university professors’ job performance.

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