The effect of management quantum skills on the development of users' reading culture with emphasis on the role of knowledge sharing behavior mediator (Case study: Alborz Province public libraries)

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1 PhD student, Department of Medical Library and Information Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 PhD Student, Information Science, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

3 PhD in knowledge and information science from Alzahra University

Abstract

Purpose: Quantum management is an approach to improving the capabilities, capabilities, and effectiveness of managers and especially employees. Implementing quantum skills increases the capabilities of employees and equips employees with up-to-date knowledge related to their jobs to meet the needs of the organization. Quantum skills also increase the effectiveness and power of managers and employees of the organization. In addition, quantum skills provide the basis for consultation, synergy, and the presentation of new ideas by employees. This study aims to measure the effect of management quantum skills on the development of studing culture of users of public libraries in Alborz province considering the role of knowledge sharing behavior as a mediator.

Method: The type of this study is applied and its method is a survey. The research population includes librarians and users of public libraries in Alborz province. The data collection tools are the standard questionnaires of Quantum Management Skills (Shelton & Darling, 2000), Knowledge Sharing Behavior (Chennamaneni, 2006), and the User Study Culture Development Behavior Questionnaire (Dehghani Rayeni, 2013). The first two questionnaires were distributed among librarians, and the Study Culture Development Behavior Questionnaire was distributed among users. In this study, the effect of Quantum Management Skills on the development of the study culture of users of Alborz province libraries was mapped using the structural equation modeling method. In order to examine the demographic characteristics of the research population and present descriptive findings, SPSS software (version 22) was used, and to examine the hypotheses, Smart PLS software (version 3) and the structural equation modeling method were used.

Findings: The results of the study showed that quantum management skills have a positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing behavior. In addition, the effect of knowledge sharing behavior on the development of study culture, as well as the effect of quantum skills on the development of study culture, and finally the effect of quantum skills on study culture with the mediation of knowledge sharing behavior was ineffective. Thus, only the second hypothesis of the study was confirmed.

Conclusion: Quantum management is one of the new management styles that tries to establish organizational vitality and increase employee dynamism by creating empathy and participation among organization members. This empathy and organizational trust encourage employees to share and disseminate knowledge. However, this knowledge sharing behavior is not in line with the development of a reading culture among library users whom the library serves. There are several reasons for this that require a more detailed examination in a separate research format. Perhaps one of the reasons is librarians' lack of understanding of the stakeholders in knowledge sharing behavior. For some people, knowledge sharing behavior is limited to themselves or their close friends. However, a correct and purposeful understanding of the organization's goals causes all employees to consider the library as a single entity and consider the library's customers (users) as part of the whole.

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  • Receive Date: 02 June 2025
  • Revise Date: 26 September 2025
  • Accept Date: 08 November 2025
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