Knowledge Sharing in Higher Education Among Indian Universities – Do Personality Traits, Classroom and Technological Factor Matters?

Abstract

There are many factors that creates impact on the concept of knowledge sharing in today’s world, and every factor has its own importance and significance Factors like Personality traits, perception, attitude, Emotional stability, Classroom factors, Technological factor and many more influence the knowledge sharing environment in universities. Hence, in consideration of this research gap, the current study empirically examines the influence of the dimensions of General Knowledge Sharing Pattern: Emotional stability, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Openness, Instructor support, Degree of competition, Technology availability and Technology support, on Graduate and Post Graduate students’ intention toward General Knowledge Sharing Pattern. An online based survey method was used to collect data from a sample of 100 students purposively who were studying at different universities in Delhi Region. A Multiple linear regression model using IBM SPSS software was applied to analyse the data and examined the proposed relationships in the conceptual model. The findings reveal that Conscientiousness, Instructor support and Technology Support significantly affect their General Knowledge Sharing Pattern.