Project learning, knowledge transfer and the adoption of innovation in project-based organizationsTools Zhou, Shijin (2017) Project learning, knowledge transfer and the adoption of innovation in project-based organizations. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractThis doctoral thesis aims to explore the innovation adoption process in project-based organizations. In particular, I developed a theoretical framework that explains how intra- and inter- project learning influenced by different management practices. I further generated various hypotheses based on the conceptual framework by conducting qualitative interviews. Empirically, I used survey data to test those hypotheses. I collected data from 147-construction industry, most of the companies were contractors and real estate companies. The results strongly support our hypotheses and suggest that different management practices facilitate different types, i.e. tacit and explicit, knowledge transfer among projects and it further influences speed of innovation adoption and speed of innovation routinization.
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