Hybrid Model of Knowledge Creation Using Agility and SECI Models to Motivate Active Learning of Academic Librarians

The levels of job motivation, collaboration and innovation among academic librarians are on the decline, which results in poor job performance. This experimental research introduced a hybrid model of knowledge creation using Agility and SECI models (abbreviated as “SECI+AGILE”), which built upon the SECI model and the AGILE management approach, to enhance the job motivation, innovation, and collaboration of academic librarians. The sample for the study comprised 18 student volunteers enrolled for the library tour project in Dali University Library, in the southwest of China. In the first stage, this research used SECI model to create knowledge about the library tour project. In the second stage, this research implemented this knowledge based on the AGILE work process design. A validated self-constructed analytic rubric was employed to examine the effect of the implementation of the SECI model and AGILE management framework on student volunteers job motivation, innovation, and collaboration level. The results showed that the implementation of this hybrid model significantly improve the participants’ job motivation, collaboration and innovation rubric scores. Thus, it can be concluded that the hybrid SECI and Agility model is effective in improving the knowledge creation process, motivate participants’ active learning, and enhance team members’ job motivation, collaboration and innovation level.