Knowledge Sharing Culture and Organizational Performance of Foods and Beverages Firms in South-South, Nigeria

Authors: Ibikuno Pennington Berembo and Prof. (Mrs.) Anthonia Enefaa Bestman

Abstract:
This study examined the relationship between knowledge sharing culture and organizational performance of Foods and Beverages Firms in South-South, Nigeria. The study adopted the cross- sectional research survey design. Primary data was generated through structured questionnaire. The population of this study was the 30 foods and beverages firms in South-South, Nigeria. Census sampling was adopted because the population of the study was not large. The Research instrument was presented to the three expert academic supervisors to critique in test and measurement as regards to its coherence with actual occurrences to the constructs to enhance content validity before the feedback was subjected to the Cronbach Alpha coefficient using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) with all the items scoring above 0.70 to achieve reliability of the instrument. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient. The tests were carried out at a 0.05 significance level. The study findings found that there is a significant relationship between knowledge management culture and organizational performance within foods and beverages firms operating in the South-South region of Nigeria. Hence, the study recommends Foods and Beverage Firms should integrate knowledge sharing culture for effective Knowledge sharing among individuals and organizations and to interact with external body of customers, for effective collaboration with others, problems solving, develop new ideas, or implement policies and procedures.

Keywords: Knowledge Sharing Culture, Organizational Performance, Growth, Survival, Market Share

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