DIFFERENCES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER ACROSS PROJECTS: A STUDY OF GENDER AND ROLE OF KEY PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

摘要

This investigation contributes empirical results of differences identified in key project stakeholders with respect to their use of knowledge transferred across projects. Gender and role were the two individual characteristics investigated. Project managers and members of project teams were the key stakeholders analyzed. Data was collected from 71 closed projects using a survey composed of closed-ended questions. The data collected was cross tabulated and statistically analyzed using Friedman's test and Spearman's correlation. The results provide evidence of the association of the performance of knowledge transfer across projects with (a) the individual factors of gender and role of key project stakeholders in projects, and (b) the project factor of importance of the project deliverables to the project-based organization. These results are important to engineering management researchers and practitioners because they provide evidence of the importance of considering individual and project factors in the enhancement, design, and operation of knowledge management systems in project-based organizations.