PurposeCurrent article aims to investigate the positive link between knowledge sharing (KS), innovative culture (IC), quality of work life (QWL) and innovative behaviours (IB) at higher education institutions in Iraq's Kurdistan Region.Design/methodology/approachThe study's data was gathered from academic staff at various universities in Iraq's Kurdistan Region. A total of 212 data were collected via survey questionnaire and analysed using structural equation modelling.FindingsIt was discovered that KS has direct and significant positive effects on IC, QWL and IB; IC had direct positive effects on IB; QWL had no considerable influence on IB and IC had a significant mediation and moderation roles between KS and IB. As a result, it is advised that universities in the region are strongly support IC to increase IB among academicians.Research limitations/implicationsFirstly, the data has been collected during the crises time that the lecturers were not receiving regular salary. This might change their quality work life perception. Secondly, data has been collected only from Sulaymaniyah city; other parts of the Iraq could have different perceptions. Lastly, sample size might be another limitation of the study.Practical implicationsIt is recommended that universities in the region should strongly support IC to increase IB among academicians, in terms of providing flexible working schedule and conditions, fair opportunities for promotion, and share decision making responsibilities.Social implicationsKS and IC has significant impacts on IB among the academicians. Accordingly, university administrative should improve policies increase KS behaviours and provide IC that academicians feel more comfortable culture to be innovative. Therefore, current paper recommends, tolerance to failure, openness to new ideas and participation to the decisions to improve IB among the academicians.Originality/valueThe paper is important that investigate KS and IC at the higher education institutions in Kurdistan region. Further, QWL perception has been investigated respectively. However, it has been observed that lecturers do not have quality of life perception at the investigated period of time.
Purpose— This study attempts to investigate the connection between knowledge management processes and organizational sustainability in higher education sector of a developing region. It is also planned to examine the moderating effect of online trainings in the relationship between knowledge management and college sustainability. Design, methodology, approach— Data for the study was gathered from several private and public universities in the Kurdistan Region using a survey questionnaire and a random sample technique. The proposed model has been evaluated using 165 appropriate responses. The demographics of the sample is covered by methodology, along with confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modelling, mediation, and moderation analysis. Findings— The findings confirm that knowledge codification/storage and knowledge generation have relatively stronger effects on sustainability of the higher education institutions in the Region. Further, staff trainings increase the understanding of the knowledge management processes that knowledge utilization positively boost sustainability of the institutions through moderation of the workshops. It is also found that knowledge creation and development have a favorable direct effect on other knowledge management processes, implying that higher education institutions should utilize appropriate tools to collect and generate information in order to enhance other KM tools. Originality/value— The results of this study potentially expand the understanding of the knowledge management processes and their effects on the sustainability at the universities of developing countries, specifically, a developing region that attempts to parallel its higher education system with the contemporary developments in the field.
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