Knowledge Sharing Practice and its Associated Factors of Healthcare Professionals of Public Hospitals, Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia

Abstract

Knowledge is defined as human expertise, which is found in peoples mind and gained thorough experiences and interaction. Knowledge sharing is a social interaction culture, involving the exchange of employee knowledge and skills among colleagues within an organization. The main aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge sharing practice. Using cross-sectional study design data was collected from 305 random selected health professionals. STATA version 11 was used to analyze the data. Finally Logistic regression was used to assess the presence of the association between dependent and independent variables. Of the total participant 49.18% have knowledge sharing practice. The significant predictors of knowledge sharing practice were; motivation to transfer knowledge, salary increment, supportive leadership, knowledge sharing opportunity. The study revealed that there is still lower level of knowledge sharing, which is affected by leadership, openness, opportunity, amount of monthly income and staff motivation.