Knowledge management practices and family businesses continuity in Edo State
1 Department of Entrepreneurship and Marketing, Federal University Otuoke Bayelsa State. Nigeria.
2 Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(02), 840–849
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.2.1545
Publication history:
Received on 26 June 2023; revised on 05 August 2023; accepted on 07 August 2023
Abstract:
This study investigated the role of knowledge management practices in mitigating family businesses failures. The specific objectives of the study are to investigate the effect of knowledge creation, knowledge sharing and knowledge storage on the continuity of family businesses. This research adopts survey method as its research design. The population of study are the entire family businesses in Edo state. However, the accessible population are 750 of family businesses established within the periods of 1980-2020 in Edo Central and Edo North senatorial districts. Seven hundred and fifty copies of questionnaire were administered to respondents from a sample size of 150 firms mathematically determined. With the aid of STATA software, the formulated hypotheses were validated using Pearson Correlation coefficient, the Ordinary Least Square Regression method at 5% level of significance. The study found that knowledge creation and knowledge sharing exhibit positive significant relationships with family businesses’ continuity while knowledge storage report a positive and insignificant relationship with the continuity of family businesses. This paper recommend among others that founders/owners should hire high caliber employees and embrace mentoring principles in its staff development.
Keywords:
Knowledge Creation; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Storage; Family Businesses Continuity
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