Habib Reza Ghafarian Shirazi - Corresponding Author: Graduated M.A. student in Educational Management, Department of Educational Management, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.
Mahmoud Ghorbani - PhD in Educational Management, Associate professor, Department of Educational Management, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.
Roya Afrasyabi - PhD in Educational Management, Assistant professor, Department of Educational Management, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran.

The main purpose of the current research is to identify the role of organizational culture in the establishment of knowledge management the Administration of Education district 4 of Mashhad in the school year 2011-2012 and research method is survey-descriptive. The population consists of all employees of the Administration of Education district 4 which are 100 persons and samples are 70 persons. The research measurement is researcher-made questionnaire including 11 questions that its reliability is gained 0/90 by Cronbach Alpha formula. The research method is Pearson correlation coefficient and multi-variable regression along with using descriptive statistics. The results show components of management support, organizational sense of belonging, participation in decision-making have direct relationship with establishment of knowledge management that this relationship at level of 0/001 is significant. This article has been extracted from Master thesis of educational management.

organizational culture, knowledge management, management support, sense of organization’s belonging, employees’ participation in decision making