TY - JOUR 
A1 - Prado Gascó, Vicente Javier
AU - Quintanilla Pardo, Ismael
AU - Calabuig Moreno, Ferran
AU - Vveinhardt, Jolita
T1 - Knowledge Management in R&D Teams at a Spanish Technical University: Measurement and Relations with Organizational Culture
Y1 - 2015
SN - 1392-2785

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/7469
AB - The aim of this study was to create and analyze the psychometric properties of an instrument (Knowledge Creation and Dissemination Survey, KCD) to evaluate the knowledge management on Spanish R&D teams based on the Leonard-Barton’s
(1995) model of knowledge flows. For this purpose, three different tasks were carried out: firstly analyzing the psychometric
properties of the instrument; secondly, analyzing the knowledge management levels of the R&D teams at a technical
university as well as the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management. This instrument was
developed to cover the existing gap in the evaluation of knowledge management. The “Knowledge Creation and
Dissemination Survey” was administered to four different samples from a Spanish technical university. Here we will refer
to the sample used for the final validation of the scale, 275 participants from 35 R&D teams. The psychometric properties
of the “Knowledge Creation and Dissemination Survey” are adequate. According to the results of the study, the use of this
diagnostic tool with university R&D teams seems justified, the knowledge management on these teams seems to be high
considering the levels on the KCD dimensions, and there is a link between organizational culture and knowledge
management. The main limitation of the study refers to the sample, future research must continue, extending the sample both
in terms of its size and also on its diversity. The paper contributes to management research by presenting a useful, practical
tool to evaluate group practices on knowledge management, and by present empirical evidence of the links between
organizational culture and knowledge management.
KW - Sociedad de la información
KW - Psicometría
KW - Investigación
KW - Sociedad de la información
KW - Psicometría
KW - Investigación y desarrollo
LA - eng
ER -