Requirements for knowledge transfer in hospitals

dc.contributor.authorVirgillito, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorWilkesmann, Maximiliane
dc.contributor.authorWilkesmann, Uwe
dc.date.accessioned2007-03-13T14:15:59Z
dc.date.available2007-03-13T14:15:59Z
dc.date.issued2007-03-13T14:15:59Z
dc.description.abstractMuch literature exists about knowledge transfer in general, but very little deals with the link between the micro-perspective of learning in organizations and structural, cultural, and cognitive constraints caused by the organization - particularly with regard to prerequisites of knowledge-transfer within groups in knowledge-based working processes. The main question of this article is: How can knowledge transfer be supported? We exemplify this theoretical question with the help of an investigation we accomplished in German hospitals. The aim of our article is to fill two detected gaps in the existing literature: First we analyze knowledge transfer as a double-sided process of providing and obtaining knowledge. Second we link structural, cultural, and cognitive perspectives together and give a theoretical underpinning of knowledge transfer. We will give empirical evidence from our survey which supports five of our six hypotheses: Possibilities of interaction, organizational culture, and intrinsic motivation are relevant requirements for knowledge transfer. Only team size is not a significant factor for transferring knowledge in hospitals. In detail we show in this article that different factors support providing or obtaining knowledge.en
dc.identifier.issn1863-0294
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/23577
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-5464
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion papers des Zentrums für Weiterbildung ; 02-2007de
dc.subjectKrankenhausde
dc.subjectLernende Organisationde
dc.subjectWeiterbildung / Gesundheitswesende
dc.subjectWissensvermittlungde
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.titleRequirements for knowledge transfer in hospitalsen
dc.title.alternativeHow can knowledge transfer be supported in hospitals?en
dc.typeTextde
dc.type.publicationtypeworkingPaperde
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