Knowledge Sharing in Pakistani Universities and its Islamic Motives: An Empirical Study of Teachers’ Behaviours

Abstract

This study revolves around the conducts of university teachers and
the responsibilities that Islam has posed upon them regarding
knowledge sharing. Islam has given the responsibilities to scholars
and teachers to spread the knowledge to the community. It is the
religious obligation of teachers to convey the knowledge to the
humanity for the sake of awareness and consciousness. The study
empirically investigates the knowledge sharing behaviours of
university teachers in Pakistani universities. It also investigates the
ways and channels of communication that university teachers adopt
for the sake of knowledge sharing. 1130 university teachers were the
sample of this study. Tool of the study was a questionnaire having
two parts; Likert scale questionnaire and open-ended questionnaire.
Collected data were analyzed with the help of SPSS. Results show
that Pakistani university teachers involve themselves in knowledge
sharing activities to fulfill their religious obligation. They also have
positive behaviour regrinding knowledge sharing activities