The recognition of knowledge and creativity as key strategic assets are very popular today. The purpose of this research was to study the relationship between Knowledge Management (KM) process and creativity among faculty members in the University. The research hypotheses were examined while considering KM process dimensions including Socialization, Combination, Externalization, and Internalization (SECI) and creativity based on demographic variables (age, gender, field of study, and employment status). This study was conducted using the correlation method. The statistical population consisted of 491 faculty members in the University of Isfahan from the year 2009 till 2010; from the 491, 85 were chosen by using stratified randomized sampling. The information gathering tools were researcher-made KM process Questionnaire with 26 items and Creativity Questionnaire with 23 items. 100 questionnaires were distributed to targeted population. Out of 100 questionnaires we received 85 completed questionnaires. This represents a response rate is quite suitable for this type of study. The results indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between KM process dimensions and creativity. In addition, there is no significant difference between faculty members' KM process considering the variables of age, gender, and field of study, besides there is no significant difference among faculty members' creativity considering age, field of study, and employment status.
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