Attitude towards Knowledge Sharing among Under Graduate Students in Kerala

This study analyses the attitude of under graduate students in Kerala towards knowledge sharing. Sharing of knowledge is of significant importance among academics as it leads to generation of new knowledge. The pertinent research question addressed in the study is what is the nature of attitude toward knowledge sharing among the under graduate students in Kerala and whether it is influenced by personal and academic variables like gender, stream of study and types of institution. The research design is cross sectional in nature and is positivistic. The study has been carried out on a representative sample of 400 under graduate students studying in different colleges in Kerala state of India. The data has been collected by employing attitude towards knowledge sharing scale developed by the investigator. The study reveals that there is positive attitude towards knowledge sharing among under graduate students in Kerala. It also reveals that the attitude towards knowledge sharing has been differing significantly with respect to gender, stream of study and type of institution. [This paper was published in "Edutracks" v18 n7 p25-31 2019.]