Knowledge Sharing Practices among Academicians: Assessing the Role of Demographic Variables

This research paper tries to probe the influence of Demographic Variables (individual characteristics) such as age, gender, qualification, designation and working experience on knowledge sharing behaviour. The data is sourced from academicians of private engineering colleges in YSR district, Andhra Pradesh. Research instrument for measuring knowledge sharing behaviour are developed from an extensive literature review. The study results revealed the significant but weak relationship exists between demographic factors such as age, designation, educational qualification, working experience and knowledge sharing behaviour. Gender is found to be insignificant with knowledge sharing behaviour of academicians.