Determining the Relationship between Organizational Learning Mechanisms and Teachers’ Knowledge Sharing Behavior and Professional Development Ability

This research reports the study that examined the relationship between organizational learning mechanisms and teachers’ knowledge sharing behavior and professional development ability” In this study, two hundred and fifty teachers were selected using Cochran’s formula and simple random sampling. Three kinds of questionnaires were used to collect the data. The results indicated that the condition of organizational learning mechanisms, knowledge sharing behavior and professional development ability in the first three years of high schools in Ardabil County is above average. Also, there is a positive relationship between the dimensions of organizational learning mechanisms and knowledge sharing behavior and a positive and significant relationship between the dimensions of organizational learning mechanisms (except for the dimension of learning utilization in working environment) and teachers’ professional development ability. According to the results of multiple regression analyses, the dimensions of organizational learning mechanisms, determining development, and learning needs and providing them are respectively appropriate predictors for knowledge sharing behavior, determining development, learning needs, and learning environment. Finally, providing development and learning needs, respectively have the most impact on teachers’ professional development ability.

Organizational Learning Mechanisms, Knowledge Sharing Behavior, Professional Development