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4. Research design
Farnaz Rahimi and Mohamad Ebrahim Maroosi
The propositions in last Section formed <strong>the</strong> basis for carrying out <strong>the</strong> investigation. A 5-point Likert
scale was used for each item, anchored by Strongly Agree at one end to Strongly Disagree at <strong>the</strong>
o<strong>the</strong>r. The target population for this study was Khorasan Razavi Gas Company employees (382
employees) Due to resource constraints, we chose a sample, using random sampling and at <strong>the</strong> end,
38 questioner used for our analysis.
4.1 Reliability
Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha in a small sample size was 0/93 which means <strong>the</strong> questioner has a high
degree <strong>of</strong> reliability.
5. Data analysis
Using SPSS s<strong>of</strong>tware and Student's t-test, we test employee's viewpoint about 5 factors, mentioned
earlier as follow:
Table 2: results <strong>of</strong> analyzed data
KM process
Leadership support
Organizational
culture
technological
infrastructure
KM Measurement
MAIN QUESTION*
sample size
34
34
34
34
34
34
average
1/3835
1/3088
1/6412
1/5588
0/9632
1/3711
Measures
<strong>of</strong> Spread
0/61416
0/72837
0/61255
0/74797
0/74145
0/58660
P-value
0.6165
0/6912
0/3588
0/4412
1/0368
0/6289
Degree
<strong>of</strong>
freedom
33
33
33
33
33
33
statistic
-5/580
-5/533
-3/416
-3/439
-8/153
-6/251
*Main question in this research is: Is exiting knowledge management agreeable from <strong>the</strong> viewpoint <strong>of</strong>
employees?
6. Findings
As mentioned in <strong>the</strong> table, <strong>the</strong> results are as followed:
From <strong>the</strong> viewpoint <strong>of</strong> employees none <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> factors we measured in this research (KM process,
leadership support, organizational culture, and technological infrastructure and KM measurement) is
desirable. This can be a warning for <strong>the</strong> decision makers. For having a beneficial KM program in <strong>the</strong>
organization (Gas Company) decision makers should take <strong>the</strong> mentioned factors into consideration
more.
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