The Impact of Workforce Agility on Knowledge Management: An Empirical Study on the Academics Working In the Islamic University Of Gaza and Al-Azhar University in Gaza Strip

Abstract

This Empirical study aims to investigate the impact of workforce agility on Knowledge Management on the academics who are working in the Islamic University of Gaza and Al-Azhar University in Gaza strip. The study used quantitative method distributing a questionnaire and adapted the descriptive analytical approach. HR agility is the independent variable with four sub variables: proactivity, flexibility and adaptability, resilience and competence, while knowledge management is the dependent variable with also four sub variables: creation, storage and retrieval, transfer and application. The study found that there is a significant relationship between the two variables and also there is a significant effect of (flexibility and adaptability, resilience and competence) on knowledge management, but there is an in significant effect of (proactivity) on knowledge management. It is recommended to have more deep studies on workforce agility and knowledge management, study the impact of employees’ proactivity on knowledge management. Also, it is recommended for IUG and AUG to hire more females as academics and to aware their staff about the new HR characteristics which are needed in the rapid changeable environment.