Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

Innovation in Teaching, Learning and Evaluation

Predicting Professional Growth based on Philosophical Mindset and Successful Intelligence with the Mediation of Knowledge Management and Fair Behavior among Middle Managers

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management, Shahr Quds Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 PhD student, Department of Public Administration, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish, Iran
Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of predicting professional growth based on philosophical mindset and successful intelligence with the mediation of knowledge management and fair behavior in middle managers of Islamic Azad Universities in Tehran province. The present research is mixed in the direction of the method. In the qualitative phase of the research, according to the exploratory nature of the research, the foundation data method was used for theorizing, and in the quantitative phase, in order to validate the designed model, the confirmatory factor analysis method was used. The statistical population of this research was formed by the managers of the middle tier of free universities of Tehran province in the first half of 2013,from among them, 385 people were selected by staged cluster sampling method. In this research, knowledge management tools ( Lawson 2003), successful intelligence (Sternberg 2005) philosophical mindset (Smith1375) and professional growth (Hart 2000), fair treatment (Akso 2005) were used, all of which had acceptable validity and reliability. In order to analyze the data, SPSS and SMART PLS software were used. The research findings showed that the model has a good fit. The results showed that successful intelligence had a direct effect on knowledge management
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