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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS
JANURAY 2011
VOL 2, NO 9
simple random sampling method and all questionnaires have been applied for statistical
analysis. Tables 2 to 4 show demographic characteristics respectively in terms of gender, age
and education level:
Table 2: distribution of sample in terms of gender
Gender Frequency Absolute Accumulated
frequency frequency
Male 71 78.02 78.02
Female 20 21.97 100
Total 91 100 100
Table 3: Distribution of sample in terms of age
Age Frequency Absolute Accumulated
frequency frequency
Below 30 52 57.14 57.14
31 to 40 25 27.7 84.61
41 to 50 13 14.28 98.89
51 and older 1 1.1 100
Total 91 100 100
Table 4: Distribution of sample in terms of education level
Age Frequency Absolute Accumulated
frequency frequency
Diploma and
lower
16 17.58 17.58
Associates 22 24.17 41.97
B.A 45 49.45 91.42
M.A and higher 8 8.8 100
Total 91 100 100
Two questionnaires are used in this research: 1- organizational culture assessment instrument
of Cameron and Quinn (1999) and 2- Lawson's knowledge management assessment
instrument (2002). We have used content validity in order to ensure questionnaires' validity.
So, validity of questionnaires has been confirmed by related professors. Assessment
instrument of organizational culture measures six dimensions of organizational culture:
prominent characteristics, organizational leadership, employees' management, cohesion of the
organization, strategic emphasis and success standard. Four questions have been considered
for each of these six dimensions and each question is corresponding with one of the four types
of organizational culture (clan, adhocracy, market and hierarchy). Therefore, each type of
organizational culture is measured with a six-item standard. Lawson's knowledge management
assessment instrument (2002) is used to measures knowledge management and three types of
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