Effect of sustainability and ecological knowledge management on knowledge creation and team learning of MICE professional teachers

Hua University, Department of Tourism and MICE, Chung, Section 2, Wufu Rd, Xiangshan District, 300 Hsinchu City, Taiwan

^* Corresponding author: wchang@g.chu.edu.tw

Abstract

In face of the waves of globalization, democratization, and knowledge-based and green sustainable economy, schools and MICE professional teachers, in the 21st century, should break through the independent and closed classroom kingdom in the past but, with open attitudes, have themselves become the managers of sustainability, ecological and professional knowledge learning for the sustainable development of schools. Individual knowledge and experience could be accumulated through sustainability, ecological and professional knowledge management and organizational learning to become organizational knowledge to further improve the movement of schools, promote the quality of education, cultivate excellent talents, and enhance national competitiveness and environmentally friendliness. Aiming at universities in Taiwan, university faculty is distributed 350 copies of questionnaire in this study. Total 287 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 82%. The research results show significantly positive effects of 1. sustainability, ecological and professional knowledge management on team learning, 2.team learning on knowledge creation, and 3. sustainability, ecological and professional knowledge management on knowledge creation. Finally, according to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to have schools comprehend the importance of MICE professional teachers’ sustainability, ecological and professional knowledge management and further propose effective coping strategies to promote the overall performance.