KNOWLEDGE SHARING BEHAVIOUR PATTERN ANALYSIS OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-WEST, NIGERIA
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and academic progress of higher institutions of learning and the value of knowledge can only be
appreciated if it is shared. The study investigated knowledge sharing behavior pattern analysis of
postgraduate students in selected universities in South-West Nigeria. This study is a survey
design based. A multistage sampling technique was adopted in selecting 980 postgraduate
students across the universities using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was pre-tested giving a
cronbach alpha coefficient reliability of 0.97. A total of 744(76%) copies of the questionnaire
were returned and found useful for the study. The findings revealed that postgraduate students
share knowledge in their area of studies (96.5%), research (94.2%), assignments (89.4%),
examination (88.2%) and seminar (87.9%) while mobile phones (x̄=3.62), discussion (x̄= 3.44)
and interpersonal communication (x̄= 3.30) were the major channels through which they share
knowledge.Specifically,theyoftenshareinformationwhichwillimprovetheiracademic
performance and the academic performance of others (x̄=3.40) and share their lecture notes (x̄=
3.16). The study concludes that higher education institutions must make more initiatives to
enhance knowledge sharing among postgraduate students which will help them to achieve their
aims and goals in the institution. The study also recommends that there is needfor lecturers to
involve postgraduate students more in activities that will encourage them to exchangetheir
expertise in form of knowledge sharing.
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