چکیده (انگلیسی):

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of knowledge management on the performance
of faculty members, with an emphasis on their intermediary role of creativity. This study was practical in terms of
purpose, descriptive-survey research in terms of method of obtaining data and quantitative in terms of the type of the
collected data (the use of questionnaires). The statistical population of the study consisted of the faculty members of
Tehran's Azad University's Units (2200 members), which 327 of them were selected as the sample size, using the Cochran
Formula. Having used the Stratified Random Sampling method, the questionnaires were handed to the respondents in
the statistical sample. The analysis of the data was done using the Structural Equation Modeling method (SEM) and the
PLS software. The results of the study demonstrated the positive and significant effect of knowledge management on the
performance of the studied faculty members and the significance of the intermediary role of creativity.