Factors that impact knowledge dissemination in projects

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Prinsloo, J.W.
Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo
Chan, Kai-Ying

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Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering

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Knowledge dissemination, as part of the knowledge exchange process, is particularly challenging in any project environment due to the temporary nature of projects. Although several studies in the earlier literature studied the factors that influence knowledge exchange, very few examined them from the ‘knowledge push’ perspective. This study aims, therefore, to highlight the critical factors that impact knowledge dissemination in a project environment. This empirical research found ten critical factors, such as individual experience, trust, source credibility, shared understanding, motivation, and articulability. These individual factors seem to have a dominant influence on knowledge dissemination from the view point of the knowledge source.
Kennisverspreiding, as deel van die kennis uitruilproses, is besonders uitdagend in enige projek omgewing as gevolg van die tydelike aard van die projekte. Alhoewel verskeie studies in die literatuur die faktore wat kennis uitruiling beïnvloed, bestudeer het, is daar min studies wat dit vanuit ʼn “kennisuitstoot” perspektief oorweeg. Hierdie artikel lig dus om die kritiese faktore wat kennis verspreiding in ʼn projek omgewing beïnvloed, uit. Hierdie empiriese navorsing het tien faktore identifiseer, onder andere individuele ervaring, vertroue, bronbetroubaarheid, gedeelde verstaan, motivering en artikuleerbaarheid. Hierdie individuele faktore blyk om ʼn dominante invloed op die kennis verspreiding vanuit die oogpunt van kennisbron te hê.

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Knowledge dissemination, Knowledge exchange, Project environment, Kennisverspreiding, Kennis uitruilproses, Projek omgewing

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Prinsloo, J.W., Van Waveren, C.C. & Chan, K.-Y. 2017, 'Factors that impact knowledge dissemination in projects', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1-11.