The association between attitude towards the implementation of staff development training and the practice of knowledge sharing among lecturers
This study was aimed to identify the association of teachers’ attitude towards the implementation of Staff Development Training with Knowledge Sharing Practices among the lecturers of the Teacher Training Instituition (TTI).In addition, this study was also to examine the differences in attitudes tow...
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my.uum.repo.165142016-04-27T04:39:40Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/16514/ The association between attitude towards the implementation of staff development training and the practice of knowledge sharing among lecturers Kassim, Abd. Latif Raman, Arumugam Don, Yahya Daud, Yaakob Omar Fauzee, Mohd Sofian HD28 Management. Industrial Management This study was aimed to identify the association of teachers’ attitude towards the implementation of Staff Development Training with Knowledge Sharing Practices among the lecturers of the Teacher Training Instituition (TTI).In addition, this study was also to examine the differences in attitudes towards the implementation of Staff Development Training and differences of knowledge sharing practices of lecturers based on demographic factors (gender, teaching experience, and academic qualifications).This is a quantitative approach in cross-sectional survey to collect data on the attitude towards staff development training and knowledge sharing practices among lecturers.The population of this study involved 748 lecturers from TTI in Perlis, Kedah, and Pulau Pinang.Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 336 samples from the population.The instruments used in this research were Attitude of Staff Development Training (Siti-Zanariah, 2010) and Knowledge Sharing (Siti-Zanariah, 2010).Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 19.0 was used for analysis of data. The descriptive data analysis involved the description of the respondents such as frequency and percentage, while the second part of inferential analysis was to test the hypotheses, using Pearson correlation, t-test, and ANOVA. This study had found that there was a significant and positive association between attitude towards SDT with knowledge sharing practices, a significant difference and positive attitude towards SDT based on gender and teaching experience and a significant and positive difference in terms of knowledge sharing practices based on gender, teaching experience, and academic qualifications. However, the results revealed that there were no significant differences in the attitudes of SDT based on academic qualifications.This research also discussed about the findings, implications, and contributions to the body of knowledge and the country, as well as the direction of future research. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/16514/1/rg70.pdf Kassim, Abd. Latif and Raman, Arumugam and Don, Yahya and Daud, Yaakob and Omar Fauzee, Mohd Sofian (2015) The association between attitude towards the implementation of staff development training and the practice of knowledge sharing among lecturers. International Education Studies, 8 (12). pp. 108-116. ISSN 1913-9020 http://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v8n12p108 doi:10.5539/ies.v8n12p108 |
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This study was aimed to identify the association of teachers’ attitude towards the implementation of Staff Development Training with Knowledge Sharing Practices among the lecturers of the Teacher Training Instituition (TTI).In addition, this study was also to examine the differences in attitudes towards the implementation of Staff Development Training and differences of knowledge sharing practices of lecturers based on demographic factors (gender, teaching experience, and academic qualifications).This is a quantitative approach in cross-sectional survey to collect data on the attitude towards staff development training and knowledge sharing practices among lecturers.The population of this study involved 748 lecturers from TTI in Perlis, Kedah, and Pulau Pinang.Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 336 samples from the population.The instruments used in this research were Attitude of Staff Development Training (Siti-Zanariah, 2010) and Knowledge Sharing (Siti-Zanariah, 2010).Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 19.0 was used for analysis of data. The descriptive data analysis involved the description of the respondents such as frequency and percentage, while the second part of inferential analysis was to test the hypotheses, using Pearson correlation, t-test, and ANOVA. This study had found that there was a significant and positive association between attitude towards SDT with knowledge sharing practices, a significant difference and positive attitude towards SDT based on gender and teaching experience and a significant and positive difference in terms of knowledge sharing practices based on gender, teaching experience, and academic qualifications. However, the results revealed that there were no significant differences in the attitudes of SDT based on academic qualifications.This research also discussed about the findings, implications, and contributions to the body of knowledge and the country, as well as the direction of future research. |
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