FACTORS AFFECTING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOLS IN THE SECONDARY EDUCATION OF SERVICE AREA OFFICE 2

Abstract

This purposes of this research were to study 1) the conditions of knowledge management of the schools 2) the levels of teachers’ opinions of the factors affecting knowledge management of the schools and 3) the factors affecting knowledge management of the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2. In this research, 219 teachers were selected from the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2 by using stratified random sampling technique. The data collection tool was the rating scale questionnaire. The confidence valve of the questionnaire was 0.873. The data were analyzed in frequency, percentage, mean ( ), standard deviation (S.D.) and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

The results of this research revealed that the conditions of knowledge management of the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2 was in a high level (  = 4.13, S.D. = 0.37). The levels of opinions of the factors affecting overall knowledge management of the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2, when the means were arranged in order from high to low, the highest mean was  Information Technology (  = 4.14, S.D. = 0.48) Corporate Culture ( = 4.12, S.D. = 0.58) Leadership (  = 4.11,S.D. = 0.63) and Evaluation  (  = 4.07,S.D. = 0.63), respectively. The factors affecting knowledge management of the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 2 were information technology (X₃), leadership (X₁), evaluation of knowledge management (X₄) and organizational culture (X₂). Using these parameters could predict the factors affecting knowledge management (Y) at 51.80% with the p value of 0.01. The percentage was calculated by using the following regression equation;

Row score regression equation

Ŷ = 1.308 + 0.212(X₃) + 0.158(X₁) + 0.152(X₄) + 0.164(X₂)

Standard score regression equation

Źy = 0.270(Z_X3) + 0.265(Z_X1) + 0.257(Z_X4) + 0.251(Z_X2)