The effect of the interaction between sharing knowledge and soft skills in developing human resources an exploratory study of faculty members in some Iraqi private universities

Abstract

The aim of the study is to develop human resources, who are faculty members in some Iraqi private universities, by relying on the interaction between knowledge sharing, which is the contributions that support knowledge sharing among faculty members in the universities under study, and on soft skills, which are the personal characteristics possessed by the human resource in the organization and enable them to perform They work efficiently and effectively, relying on a statement of the impact of the interaction between sharing knowledge and soft skills in human resources development and its dimensions, which are (Learning - Training and Development - Career development - Organizational Development). The descriptive analytical approach was used in the study. Data was collected based on an electronic questionnaire form. On the Google Forms program prepared for this purpose, the study sample is (215) individuals from the teaching staff in private universities in Iraq, represented by (Al-Turath University College - Al-Hadbaa University College - Cihan University / Erbil - Al-Qalam University College). The statistical program (SPSS V26) and the structural equation modeling program (AMOS V24) to analyze the data and obtain results based on the interaction and influence relationships between the variables of the study, and to state the most important conclusions of the study, which showed that the interaction between sharing knowledge and soft skills strengthens the impact on human resource development and its dimensions (Training and development - organizational development) As for the two dimensions (learning - career development), the influence relationship was weak, and the study presented the most important proposals for the development of faculty members in the universities studied.