UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOR: ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF KNOWLEDGE HIDING IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of Knowledge management (KM) on school performance (SP). Knowledge Hiding (KH) has been used to check the mediation effect. PLS-SEM and SPSS are used for the data analysis. Questionnaire were distributed using Google Docs online link and sample has been chosen from all the provinces of Pakistan. In initial stage the focus was on secondary schools from most of the rural areas of Pakistan. Out of 620 questionnaires, 456 respondents were selected and considered valid response. Data was collected from faculty and non-faculty members. Findings revealed that there is positive and significant impact of knowledge management on school performance, while there is negative but significant impact of knowledge hiding on school performance.