學位論文
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Item The Effect of University Culture, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Creation on International Student Commitment in Taiwan(2016) 莫姍; Axana VasquezIn our globalized and modern era, organizational culture, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation and commitment are key factors influencing students. The Taiwanese model of education is changing significantly to adapt to the new innovative and technological era. One particularity is the influx of thousands of international students who come to Taiwan every year to fulfill their desires and needs for better education, language acquisition or exchange programs. This study aims to investigate the effects that the universities’ culture, knowledge sharing and knowledge creation in the learning institutions have on the commitment of international students in Taiwanese universities. The results of the study indicate that universities’ cultures have a positive significant effect on the knowledge sharing in the learning institutions, the most influential factor of culture is a cultural strength, showing that students care mostly about how well defined and strong are the shared values and beliefs in the university. Knowledge sharing also has a positive effect on knowledge creation in Taiwanese universities. Knowledge creation has a positive direct effect on the commitment of international students in Taiwanese universities. The study also found that normative commitment is the less relevant factor of commitment for international students in Taiwan.Item Analyzing Knowledge Creation Process on Innovation Capability and Organizational Performance of IT industry in Taiwan(2016) 高于琪; Yu Chi KaoPresently in the 21st century, not only the world’s economy but also information technology (IT) industry in Taiwan are knowledge-based. Facing keen competition, there is a demand and need for IT industry to produce new technology and new products. Hence, this study investigated whether knowledge creation process plays an important role on affecting the innovation capability and organizational performance on Taiwan’s IT firms. Also it discussed the two profound knowledge creation enablers. To fulfill this purpose, an integrated model was built to examine the effects. 154 questionnaires were collected from a 200 questionnaire distribution to Taiwan's IT industry practitioners, with a response rate of 77 per cent. This study applied SEM (structural equation modeling) analysis, and the results indicated that knowledge creation process indeed has a positive and significant effect on leveraging innovation capability and organizational performance. Furthermore, organizational culture and enabling condition are found to be crucial in facilitating knowledge creation process. Some implications and recommendations are made.