Determining contributors of performance in Malaysian high performing schools: in the light of knowledge management and organizational learning

Rahmad Sukor Ab Samad; Mohamed Iskandar Rahmad Sukor; Darwyan Syah

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss5.180

Authors

Rahmad Sukor Ab Samad University of Malaya, Malaysia
Mohamed Iskandar Rahmad Sukor University of Malaya, Malaysia
Darwyan Syah Institut Agama Islam Negeri “Sultan Maulana Hasanuddin” Banten, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss5.180

Keywords:

School Performance, Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning, High Performing Schools

Abstract

This research aimed to determine contributors of performance within the vicinity of knowledge management and organizational learning aspects in all 52 High Performing Schools in Malaysia. Purposive full sampling technique was employed and 127 out of 132 respondents consisted of national school headmasters or principals and senior assistant teachers have responded to the distributed questionnaires. The research instrument was developed from 3 theories, namely the theory by Sallis and Jones (2002), Bruce Britton (1998), and Satyendra Singh, Yolande Chan and James McKeen (2006). With the Cronbach’s Alpha value at .965, the obtained data was analyzed by using multiple regression analyses. From the results obtained, 8 predictors were found to be from knowledge management and another 15 from organizational learning. In terms of the assembling element within the capability factor; support culture, communication system and learning application were the contributors towards the performance of high performing schools. Knowledge creation, support culture and integration to strategy were the contributors for the integration element while organizational culture, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation, external learning and organizational memory were found to be the contributors. For the factor of innovation agility; intellectual asset, knowledge sharing, knowledge creation, external learning, mechanism, integration to strategy and learning application were the contributors. Lastly, for competitive actions; intellectual asset, support culture, external learning, integration to strategy and learning application were the contributors towards the performance of high performing schools.

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