CONFIRM FACTOR ANALYSIS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS OF AUTONOMY UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to analyze confirmation factor of knowledge management process of autonomy universities. The sample group used in this research was academic support staffs affiliated with 12 autonomous universities in Thailand selected by stratified random sampling. The research instruments were the knowledge management practice questionnaire. The content validity validation has an index of consistency (IOC) between 0.60 - 1.00 and has the whole confidence value of 0.98, and the alpha coefficient reliability was 0.98. The data were analyzed using the Second – Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis for measuring how the model fitted the empirical data. The results of the research revealed that knowledge management process of autonomy universities with exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were 5 factors is knowledge Audit and Identification Factor, Knowledge Acquisitions and Creation factor, Knowledge Storage factor, Knowledge Codification and Access factor and Knowledge Transfer Learning and Assessment Factor. The result of examining the consistency of the model and empirical data using the second-order confirmatory component analysis, confirmed that the knowledge management model of the autonomous university is consistent with empirical data by  ² = 1314.803, ²/df = 1.065, df = 1234, p = 0.054, RMSEA = 0.014, RMR = 0.025, GFI = 0.889, AGFI = 0.857 and CFI = 0.996. Factor loading of latent variables were value between 0.832 to 0.974 and the most significant factor is Knowledge Transfer Learning and Assessment whereas the least significant factor is Knowledge Acquisitions and Creation. The suggestion from the research is that autonomy universities should support staffs to join the activity knowledge transfer learning with both inside and outside the university resulting in more effective knowledge management in the organization.