Abstract
The occurrence of the pandemic has drastically changed the whole world on its effect on different organizations, most especially on the educational system which yields a greater famishment for continuous quality improvement. Thus, the changed knowledge sharing system and innovative intention is one of the key factors for such. This study aimed to assess the changed knowledge sharing system and innovative intention toward continuous quality improvement in one university system in the Philippines. This descriptive study was participated by 261 faculty members of five schools of a university system. It made use of a modified questionnaire as its primary data gathering instrument, having an excellent remark of its 0.925 Cronbach’s Alpha. The needed data were encoded, tallied, and interpreted using different statistical tools such as frequency distribution, ranking, weighted mean and F-Test, Shapiro-Wilk Test, Spearman rho, and were further analyzed and interpreted through PASW version 26 using 0.05 alpha levels. From the results, it was concluded that there has been a strong response from the university towards the Changed Knowledge Sharing System, its teachers possess a strong innovative intention. Further, there is a strong positive presence of continuous quality improvement practices regarding the different processes of the university system. Moreover, there is a high relationship regarding the changed knowledge sharing system, innovative intention, and continuous quality improvement. Various recommendations were posted by the researcher including a continuous quality improvement plan.
Keywords: Changed Knowledge Sharing System, Continuous Quality Improvement, Innovative Intention, University System
*This paper is presented at the 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Industry and Academic Research (ICMIAR) 2023
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