INFORMATION SHARING CULTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMPETIVENESS OF PAINT MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN PORT HARCOURT

Abstract

This work examined information sharing culture and in paint manufacturing firms Port Harcourt. The study adopted the explanatory survey research design, a sample size of five (5) top managers in each of the selected paint manufacturing firms in Port Harcourt with 95 top managers as respondents. After validation by the supervisor, 95 copies of structured questionnaire were administered while 76 copies were retrieved. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using test-retest. Mean and standard deviation were used for the univariate analysis while Spearman Rank Order Correlation through SPSS was used for the bivariate analysis. The results showed that information sharing significantly and positively affects organizational competitiveness. The study concluded that information sharing brings about managers’ organizational competitiveness. Consequently, the study recommended among other things that organizations should endeavour to select or appoint qualified individuals to deputize in their various units or place of assignment.