Knowledge Sharing in Iranian Academic Institutions: Meta Analysis Approach

AbstractKnowledge sharing (KS) is a cooperative process which includes the distribution of the information, ideas and skills in the organizations. There are some factors that if provided, will facilitate the path for the knowledge sharing. So, this research intends to analyze the factors that affect the situation of knowledge sharing amongst the academic institutions that are considered as the statistical population. The Methodology is based on the Meta analysis approach. The findings of this research showed that KS and the factors affecting on it has no acceptable status among Iranian academic institutions and that KS exists informally among the staffs