The Impact of University Culture on Academic Performance: Knowledge Management as a Mediating Variable

Marwah I. Zaid; Nadia A. Atshan

doi:10.47616/jamrems.v4i1.390

Autori

Marwah I. Zaid Department of management and marketing of Oil and Gas, college of industrial management for Oil and Gas, Basrah University for Oil and Gas, basrah, Iraq
Nadia A. Atshan Management Technical College, Southern Technical University, Basrah, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47616/jamrems.v4i1.390

Ključne reči:

Knowledge Management, Academic Performance, University Culture, Southern Technical University

Apstrakt

This study aims to determine the extent of the impact of the university culture on academic performance. and to measure the impact of the mediator Knowledge management in the relationship between them. The hypothetical scheme was developed based on a set of literature that contributed to building the four research hypotheses, the research was applied at the Southern Technical University using the questionnaire tool that was randomly distributed to a group of teachers numbering (121) teachers, (SPSS. V.22, AMOS. V.22) for the purpose of analyzing data in a statistical way and reaching reliable results, after adequate analysis of the data, the results showed that there is a positive impact of the university culture on the development of academic performance. In addition, the study also found a significant impact of the intermediate variable knowledge management on the relationship between university culture and academic performance, and based on the results reached, a set of recommendations have developed.

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