Abstract:
nowledge sharing behavior has become increasingly important in latest years, and is
recognized as a critical asset for universities. The study aimed to examine whether social
skills contributes to knowledge sharing behavior. This research paper deepens the
understanding that social skills among academic staff at universities is an emotional
intelligence drive for modern universities in Kenya in harnessing knowledge to explore
intelligence-sharing behavioral dimension. Social skills are emotional social feelings
according to their individual responses as they understand and know one another as
Universities strive for improved knowledge. Explanatory study was used to target a
population of 6,423 and a sample size of 376 academic staff was selected using simple
random sampling academic staff at Kenyan universities in Nairobi County. The findings of
the research revealed that social skills had a positive and significant effect on the
connection between socials skills and knowledge sharing behavior at (β = 0.10, p<0.05)
significance. The study concludes that Social skills enhances knowledge sharing behavior of
academic staff in universities as confirmed by this study. The study findings will be useful to
academicians and universities who want to harness knowledge for improved leaderships by
understanding social relationships within the academic cycles in relation to knowledge
management. This research offers logical information, especially for emerging dynamic
social roles in influencing and harnessing knowledge sharing behavior.
