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Knowledge Transferring Features in Traditional Construction Project Team in China: Based on SNA
Business School, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Technology and Investment·Volume 03 (2012)·Pages 230–235·Published 27 November 2012·DOI10.4236/ti.2012.34032
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Abstract
For the uniqueness and one-time feature, construction project is urgently needed in knowledge transferring to acquire its high performance. This paper focuses in the exploration of knowledge transferring features from the network perspective. Based on the data from a real construction project team of 40 members, we find that all members have knowledge transferring behavior, while the knowledge transferring density is comparatively low and distance is long; from cluster analysis we find that 89 different clusters in the whole network, and some members (especially the managers) repeated appear in different clusters and assume the responsibilities in coordinating knowledge transferring.
KeywordsKnowledge TransferringConstruction ProjectSocial Network AnalysisCluster
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