The Relationship Between Teachers' Intergenerational Knowledge Sharing and Schools' Learning Organization Profiles
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Intergenerational Knowledge Sharing, Learning Organization, Learning, Teacher, Generation.Abstract
The study aims to explore the relationship between teachers' perceptions of intergenerational knowledge sharing and the learning organization profile of schools. This study employed a correlational research design. The data were collected through "Intergenerational Knowledge Sharing Scale" and "Learning Organization Profile Scale". Data were collected using online survey. A total of 683 teachers participated in the survey and after removing outliers, 636 responses were analysed. The research findings indicate teachers' perception level of the intergenerational knowledge sharing and level of organizational profile of school’s variables are above the moderate level. The results of correlation analysis showed a low but significant relationship between the levels of knowledge sharing across generations and the learning organization profile of schools.
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