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    Line Management Support, Interpersonal Trust and Knowledge Sharing Behavior among Academic Staff:
    (Makerere University Business School, 2023) Namubiru, Janifer
    It was cross-sectional in nature and used a quantitative approach with the objectives of examining the relationship between line management support and knowledge sharing behavior, examining the relationship between interpersonal trust and knowledge sharing behavior, examining the relationship between line management support and interpersonal trust and examining the mediating role of interpersonal trust in the relationship between line management support and knowledge sharing behavior. A total of 2669 academic staff of selected universities in Kampala District comprised the population of the study and the sample size of 336 was represented. Primary data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. The collected data was analysed using SPSS to determine the relationship between the variables. Regression analysis was also used to establish the effect of the line management support and interpersonal trust on the knowledge sharing behavior. The findings revealed a significant positive relationship between line management support and knowledge sharing behavior (r =.319, p<.01). Also, there was also a significant positive relationship between interpersonal trust and knowledge sharing behavior (r =.376, p<.01). Furthermore, there was also a significant positive relationship between line management support and interpersonal trust (r =.665, p<.01). The regression analysis results revealed that both line management support and interpersonal trust account for 14.3% variance in knowledge sharing behavior. Again, a mediation test was carried out and results of the Medigraph indicated that interpersonal trust fully mediates the relationship between line management support and knowledge sharing behavior. Therefore, university line managers should provide mechanisms that create a high level of trust among academic staff to improve on their level of knowledge sharing behavior to enhance organizational competitiveness.