Saudi Aramco Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Knowledge sharing is an important element of knowledge management initiatives in organizations. The aim of this research is to investigate the existing levels of knowledge sharingand organizational culture in a Research and Development department of an Arabian Gulf Company and to provide recommendations to decision makers relating to the best approaches to improve knowledge sharing. The study was conducted on a large petrochemical company in the Arabian Gulf region. A questionnaire was used to collect data from selected departments in the company. Questionnaires were distributed in total one hundred and fifty and fifty were returned and used for data analysis. All study variables of knowledge sharing (KS), trust, communication between staff, leadership and reward system were found to have a high level of existence. The study suggests for the company to promote KS through fostering a reward culture, a trust environment, and to support communications network that operate freely, where knowledge providers and knowledge seekers can access knowledge in the organization through the shortest path