KNOWLEDGE SHARING STRATEGIES ADOPTED AMONG LECTURERS FOR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES IN LAW SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated knowledge sharing strategies adopted for academic activities among lecturers in Nigerian Law School campuses in Northern Nigerian, on the following research objectives: identify knowledge sharing strategies used to share knowledge among lectures in Nigerian law school campuses in northern Nigeria.; to investigate ways knowledge sharing affect teaching and research activities in Nigeria law school campuses in northern Nigeria and the inhibitors of knowledge sharing among lectures in law school campuses in northern Nigeria. The study adopted qualitative methodology using narrative design. The population of the study was 48 lecturers from the 3 campuses in northern Nigeria which include; Abuja, Kano and Yola. Purposive sampling techniques was used to select 6 participants was in out of the 48 lecturers in carryout the research because the carryout the same function in the institution. Interview was used as the research an instrument for data collection. The findings of the study revealed the strategies adopted for knowledge sharing knowledge for academic activities through: pre- lecturers meeting, departmental meeting, and academic retreat, National Association of law teacher’s conference (NALT) and NBA conference. The ICT facilities used for knowledge sharing all the participant uses ICT facilities such as: WhatsApp, email, mobile phones, Facebook, twitter, google class, and instant messaging. Inhibiting factors associated with strategies adopted for knowledge sharing for academic activities, the study revealed that they were faced with both individual, organisational and technological inhibitors. The study recommends that, lecturers should stimulate informal peer mentoring amongst the experience lecturers and the beginners in all the three campuses in northern Nigeria