The Impact of Knowledge Sharing on the Efficiency of Academic Performance: A Field Study Applying to University of Saba Region

Abstract

The study aims to find out the impact of knowledge sharing on the efficiency of academic performance at the University of Saba Region from the faculty members perspective. The study followed descriptive approach. The study population consisted of faculty members and the like (Teaching assistants/ Professors etc.). The questionnaire was used as a main tool for collecting data، and the distribution process was limited to the stratified random sample method، where the number of the study sample reached (112) individuals. The data was analyzed by using SPSS program based on frequencies، percentages، arithmetic averages، calculation of standard deviation، simple linear correlation coefficient، simple linear regression coefficient، determination of the Cronbach’s alpha stability coefficient to ensure the validity and stability of the study tool، and analysis of variance (ANOVA) and calculation of range. The study concluded that there is a high level of knowledge sharing among faculty members at the University of Saba Region. The results of the study also showed a high direct correlation between knowledge sharing as an independent variable and the efficiency of academic performance at University of Saba Region as a dependent variable. The responses of the sample members regarding the extent of approval of the efficiency of academic performance at University of Saba Region were all in the middle. The results of the demographic differences test for both knowledge sharing and the efficiency of academic performance revealed the absence of statistically significant differences attributed to personal variables. This necessarily means that faculty members، regardless of their personal and functional characteristics، use the same criteria in evaluating the study variables.