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Knowledge Management (KM) is now considered one of the most important parts of any organization and a complement to the organization's business activities. The study aims to identify the perception of faculties and the impact of Knowledge Management Practices on the job performance of faculties in select higher educational institutions. Teaching faculties are the backbone of higher educational institutions. So, the well-being knowledge of the faculties is essential for the success of an institution. The study adopted a descriptive research method and a Simple random sampling technique. Samples consist of 250 teaching faculties in the top five colleges ranked by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and the collected data is analyzed using various statistical tools such as Exploratory factor analysis, ANOVA, correlation and multiple regressions. Hence, better Knowledge Management Practices are essential for every institution which contributes towards job involvement, job attachment, and job commitment. This paper tries to prove the relationship between various Knowledge Management Practices with the Job performance of teaching faculties in select higher educational institutions in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Keywords

Knowledge Management practices, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Utilization, Knowledge Retention, Knowledge Accumulation, Knowledge Internalization, Knowledge Sharing, Faculties’ Job Performance

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