Knowledge sharing behaviour and demographic variables amongst secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, Botswana
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between knowledge sharing behaviour and the demographic variables gender, age, organisational tenure and professional tenure. Following a correlational survey approach, the study sourced its data from senior secondary school teachers in...
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doaj-240c5316ffe94e3da61a3ebf3991018b2020-11-25T01:11:52ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Information Management2078-18651560-683X2011-11-01131e1e610.4102/sajim.v13i1.420431Knowledge sharing behaviour and demographic variables amongst secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, BotswanaIsaac C. Mogotsi0J.A. (Hans) Boon1Lizelle Fletcher2University of Pretoria University of BotswanaUniversity of PretoriaUniversity of PretoriaThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between knowledge sharing behaviour and the demographic variables gender, age, organisational tenure and professional tenure. Following a correlational survey approach, the study sourced its data from senior secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, Botswana. Knowledge sharing behaviour was measured using an instrument sourced from the extant literature. No statistically significant relationship was detected between knowledge sharing behaviour and gender, age, or professional tenure. Only organisational tenure weakly negatively correlated with knowledge sharing behaviour. Thus, according to these findings, demographic variables do not appear to be important determinants of knowledge sharing behaviour.https://sajim.co.za/index.php/sajim/article/view/420Knowledge sharing behaviourorganizational citizenship behaviourgenderageorganizational tenureprofessional tenure |
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Knowledge sharing behaviour and demographic variables amongst secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, Botswana |
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Knowledge sharing behaviour and demographic variables amongst secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, Botswana |
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Knowledge sharing behaviour and demographic variables amongst secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, Botswana |
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knowledge sharing behaviour and demographic variables amongst secondary school teachers in and around gaborone, botswana |
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between knowledge sharing behaviour and the demographic variables gender, age, organisational tenure and professional tenure. Following a correlational survey approach, the study sourced its data from senior secondary school teachers in and around Gaborone, Botswana. Knowledge sharing behaviour was measured using an instrument sourced from the extant literature. No statistically significant relationship was detected between knowledge sharing behaviour and gender, age, or professional tenure. Only organisational tenure weakly negatively correlated with knowledge sharing behaviour. Thus, according to these findings, demographic variables do not appear to be important determinants of knowledge sharing behaviour. |
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