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- Title
ANÁLISE SOCIOMÉTRICA DE UMA REDE DE TRANSFERÊNCIA DE CONHECIMENTO.
- Authors
Farias, Josivania Silva; De Farias, Michelle Nascimento; Guimarães, Tomás de Aquino
- Abstract
The article aimed to discuss the role of a social network on information flow and intraorganizational knowledge transfer, supported by the Social Network Analysis approach. This approach was chosen due to its contribution to social structures investigation - environment where there exists knowledge exchange. The research is a descriptive case study, both quantitative and qualitative and the data collection was undertaken in 2007 involving 18 staff members working at an organizational unit that belongs to a Brazilian governmental bank. Data analysis was done with the support of UCINET 6.0 for Windows and NetDraw 2.1 software. The main results shown a special kind of strategic network with integrated groups managed by a central actor that keeps the united network. The network structure is associated with the activities and the jobs of those people involved in the network. It was possible to conclude that the network studied pushes organizational knowledge transfer processes.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; SOCIAL networks; KNOWLEDGE transfer; SOCIAL structure; QUANTITATIVE research; QUALITATIVE research; BANKING industry; NETWORK analysis (Planning); SOCIOMETRY
- Publication
Revista de Administração FACES Journal, 2010, Vol 9, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
1517-8900
- Publication type
Article