With the joint cooperation of Payam Noor University and the Scientific Association of Iran Public Library Advancement

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science and Knowledge. Payame Noor Uuniversity, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Information Science and Knowledge. Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

3 MSc. Department of Psychometrics, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between personality characteristics (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, adaptation and conscientiousness) and the tendency to share knowledge in librarians of Hamadan Public Library.
Methodology: This is an applied research  that was carried out with a survey method and a questionnaire, so  Cronbach's alpha was used for NEOPI-FF five-factor personality questionnaires and knowledge sharing and the the reliability of the research tool was confirmed. The statistical population consisted of 170 librarians of public libraries in Hamadan Province.Statistical tests such as Cronbach, Kolmrog-Smirnov, Spearman, etc were used to test the research hypotheses.
Findings: The findings of this study indicated that librarians who are conscientious and dutiful (mean = 40.53), extroverted (mean = 40.30), open (mean = 38.16) and high adaptable (mean = 37.02) are more tend to share knowledge and cooperation in the organization. Furthermore the personality characteristic of librarians' neuroticism has an inverse relationship with knowledge sharing (mean = 33.79) The more this feature decreases in librarians , the more they tend to share knowledge. There was a correlation coefficient between personality characteristics and the tendency to share knowledge ( r = 0.207 ), at a significant level of P <0.023, which indicates a positive correlation between personality characteristics and the tendency to share knowledge among librarians.
Conclusion: The results of the study confirmed the relationship between personality characteristics and the tendency to share knowledge among librarians. In addition, the more different personality characteristics (conscientiousness, extraversion, openness and pleasantness) are strengthened in librarians, the tendency to share their knowledge increases and this can become the basis for creating a culture of participation in the organization and have a significant impact on the knowledge sharing of librarians.

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