A comparative study of knowledge sharing pattern among the undergraduate and postgraduate students of private universities in Bangladesh
Purpose – The aim of this inquiry is to uncover the pattern of knowledge-sharing behaviour among the undergraduate and postgraduate students of private universities in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – This inquiry studied the knowledge-sharing pattern of undergraduate and graduate studen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39665/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39665/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39665/1/Sabbir_LR_2.pdf |
| Summary: | Purpose – The aim of this inquiry is to uncover the pattern of knowledge-sharing behaviour among
the undergraduate and postgraduate students of private universities in Bangladesh.
Design/methodology/approach – This inquiry studied the knowledge-sharing pattern of
undergraduate and graduate students by utilising a questionnaire-based open-ended survey from
several private universities in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Apart from the descriptive statistics, the research
used t-test to further explain the data.
Findings – This research focussed on seven areas of knowledge-sharing pattern. The data collected
from 350 respondents from different private universities suggest that there are significant differences in
the knowledge-sharing pattern between undergraduate and graduate students. Overall, this research
documents that the postgraduate students have shown higher perceived attitudes towards knowledge
sharing, compared to undergraduate students.
Research limitations/implications – This research applied a descriptive study to understand
knowledge-sharing patterns among undergraduate and postgraduate students, rather than a
correlational study to ascertain the relationship among variables.
Practical implications – This research has contributed to the knowledge-sharing research in
several aspects. In fact, this study extended the research findings of Wei et al. (2012) by examining the patterns of knowledge sharing in a different socioeconomic environment. Although this research
investigated the practice of knowledge sharing of undergraduate and postgraduate students by
adapting the instrument of Wei et al. (2012), one of the significant contributions of this research is to
explore the behavioural aspects of knowledge-sharing pattern among undergraduate and postgraduate
students from different private universities in Bangladesh. By interpreting the knowledge-sharing
pattern of undergraduate and postgraduate students of private universities, this inquiry will assist the
government’s policymakers, management of individual universities and academicians to come up with
novel methods of instruction and to transform the knowledge-driven higher learning establishment.
Originality/value – The majority of studies on knowledge sharing have been conducted in an
organisational context. This inquiry is one of few investigations to compare the knowledge-sharing
patterns among undergraduate and postgraduate students in Bangladesh.
Keywords Knowledge-sharing patterns, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students,
Private Universities, Bangladesh
Paper type Research paper |
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