The impact of knowledge sharing on innovation in teaching and job performance among teachers in Kota Kinabalu secondary school

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of knowledge sharing on innovation in teaching and job performance among teachers in National Secondary School. The study was conducted in five secondary schools which are governed by the Ministry of Education of Malaysia in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Systematic Stratified Random Sampling were employed in selecting 191 respondents from the identified sampling frame. The study employed survey method through the distribution of questionnaire, and cross sectional. The questionnaire consisted 95 items which divided into four main parts to measure knowledge sharing behaviour based on the Knowledge Sharing Behaviour Scale, teaching innovation through the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, teachers' job performance employed the Teacher's Job Performance Self-Rating Questionnaire and respondent's demographic factors. The data collected from the questionnaires were analysed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 20.00 through descriptive and inferential statistics in which regression model were analysed to determine the impact of regression coefficient of knowledge sharing on teaching innovation and teacher's job performance. The findings indicated that the level of knowledge sharing behaviour among teachers in Kota Kinabalu was moderate, while, teaching innovation and job performance was high. The Standard Regression Analysis signified that knowledge sharing behaviour had low positive relationship level in teacher's teaching innovation and moderate in teacher's job performance. Multiple Regression Analysis confirming that personal interaction is the dominant dimension of knowledge sharing to have significant contribution that influenced both teaching innovation and job performance among teachers of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The study lies in the educational context denoting knowledge sharing is significant in teaching professions generally.