Knowledge Sharing and Turnover Intention in Business Management Institutes: Do Individual Differences Play a Pivotal Role?

Knowledge Sharing (KS) and Turnover Intention (TI)are undoubtedly the most researched topics but it is important to look at the concepts in context to the faculties in the Management institutes, seeing the unconventional nature of the discipline. Armoured by the imperative role of management institutes in creating and distributing knowledge, this study examines the relationship of age, gender, qualif ication and experience with the KS behaviour of the faculties in management teaching institutes in the easternand northern states of India. It also tries to answer whether knowledge sharing affects the faculty TI. This is an exploratory study with a total sample size of 339, collected through convenience sampling method, using standard scale questionnaires. The analyses were done with SPSS 20 through correlation and linear regression analysis. The findings indicated that KS lowered the faculty's TI and with growing age, better qualif ication and higher experience, the KS behaviour of the faculties increased. At the same time, gender of the faculty members had no effect on the KS behaviour. All the findings were discussed in reference to the existing literature.