This paper examined the relationship between knowledge acquisition practices and performance of administrative employees in tertiary educational institutions in South-South Nigeria. The study had relied on a structured survey instrument adapted from existing literature and code named KAAEP-Q to obtain required data on the investigated phenomenon. This was served on the sample subjects that were selected through a random sampling exercise. The result from the analysed data showed a significant relationship between knowledge acquisition and administrative employee performance in the studied institutions. It was found that the knowledge acquisition influence the functional capability of administrative employees in higher educational institutions and knowledge acquisition has a high predictive capability for administrative employee performance (R = .736).
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