The Effect of Employee Training and Supervision on Employees Knowledge Sharing Behaviour in Federal Universities, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the effect of employee training and employee supervision on employee knowledge sharing behaviour in federal universities. Learning institutions are faced with how to manage their employees; motivating people to share knowledge, identifying the key people to share their knowledge, organising existing knowledge and making knowledge easily accessible. Evidence from literature reviews has shown that inadequate implementation of human resource management variables is responsible for poor employee knowledge sharing behaviour in federal universities. This study was carried out, using Multiple Regression Analysis, to examine the effect of human resource management variables and employee knowledge sharing behaviour in University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom and University of Calabar in Cross River States, Nigeria and to identify gaps relating to employee training and supervision on employee knowledge sharing behaviour. Survey research design was employed in the study. A sample size of 364 was selected for the study using Taro Yamane formula while Bowler’s Proportionate Allocation Formula was used to determine each sample size of 139 and 225 for UNIUYO and UNICAL respectively. The data collected were analysed using SPSS version 28. Results from the test of hypotheses showed that training as well as supervision has a significant positive effect on employee knowledge sharing behaviour UNIUYO and UNICAL in Nigeria. Based on the results, it was recommended that the management of the institutions should ensure regular training of staff to strengthen the knowledge capacity of the employees. It also suggested that adequate supervision should be enhanced in the institutions to improve employee attitude toward knowledge sharing by providing support and guidance to workers in discharging their duties and responsibility.