Knowledge Sharing and Research Output among Academic Staff of Federal University of Agricuture, Abeokuta Ogun State Nigeria

This study examines knowledge sharing and research output among academic staff of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Ogun State Nigera. A total of 127 academic staff of Federal University of Agricuture, Abeokuta Ogun State Nigeria were used for the population for the study. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was on knowledge sharing and research output of academic staff. Data was analysed using analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Findings of the study revealed that the channels through which academic staff shares knowledge is high, also shows that the level of research output among academic staff is also high and that there is significant relationship between knowledge sharing and research output among academic staff of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Ogun State Nigreria. Some of the recommendations were that the university management should provide avenue for academic staff to embrace knowledge sharing among the academic staff through training and conferences, academic staff should be encouraged to send all their research findings in the institution repository in order for others to have access to them and finally, academic staff should further be encouraged to engage in research and publication through the provision of research grants.

Keywords: Knowledge Sharing, Research Output, Academic Staff, University.