The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a Mediator
As a knowledge-based career, teachers can be exposed to knowledge risks. Since risk perception is the product of the experiences, values, memories and ideologies of individuals, the ways of perceiving knowledge risks could be useful for setting up prevention and mitigation strategies for these kinds...
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| author | Michele Borgia Eugenia Nissi Maura La Torre Guido Ortolani |
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| description | As a knowledge-based career, teachers can be exposed to knowledge risks. Since risk perception is the product of the experiences, values, memories and ideologies of individuals, the ways of perceiving knowledge risks could be useful for setting up prevention and mitigation strategies for these kinds of risks. The present paper aimed at analyzing the relationship between the demographics and the knowledge risk perception of high school teachers. The role of a teacher’s training as a mediator of said relationship was analyzed as well. Using a sample of high school teachers working in Italian schools, a questionnaire was administered to gather data, and structural equation modeling analysis was employed to test the hypotheses. The results showed that demographics had a significant effect on teachers’ knowledge risk perception and that training mediated this relationship. The study could be helpful for educational institutions that want to train their teachers to be prepared to face risky events related to knowledge management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7fb836d95ce4ca1890c306394e0bf662023-11-24T12:36:50ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872022-12-0112418810.3390/admsci12040188The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a MediatorMichele Borgia0Eugenia Nissi1Maura La Torre2Guido Ortolani3Department of Management and Business Administration, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 65127 Pescara, ItalyDepartment of Economics, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 65127 Pescara, ItalyDepartment of Management and Business Administration, University “G. D’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 65127 Pescara, ItalyState Higher Education Institute “G. Peano-C. Rosa Nereto”, 64015 Nereto, ItalyAs a knowledge-based career, teachers can be exposed to knowledge risks. Since risk perception is the product of the experiences, values, memories and ideologies of individuals, the ways of perceiving knowledge risks could be useful for setting up prevention and mitigation strategies for these kinds of risks. The present paper aimed at analyzing the relationship between the demographics and the knowledge risk perception of high school teachers. The role of a teacher’s training as a mediator of said relationship was analyzed as well. Using a sample of high school teachers working in Italian schools, a questionnaire was administered to gather data, and structural equation modeling analysis was employed to test the hypotheses. The results showed that demographics had a significant effect on teachers’ knowledge risk perception and that training mediated this relationship. The study could be helpful for educational institutions that want to train their teachers to be prepared to face risky events related to knowledge management.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/12/4/188demographicsknowledge risksrisk perceptiontraininghigh schoolteachers |
| spellingShingle | Michele Borgia Eugenia Nissi Maura La Torre Guido Ortolani The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a Mediator Administrative Sciences demographics knowledge risks risk perception training high school teachers |
| title | The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a Mediator |
| title_full | The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a Mediator |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a Mediator |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a Mediator |
| title_short | The Relationship between Demographics and Knowledge Risk Perception of High School Teachers: Training as a Mediator |
| title_sort | relationship between demographics and knowledge risk perception of high school teachers training as a mediator |
| topic | demographics knowledge risks risk perception training high school teachers |
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