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Knowledge Sharing on Demand: A Qualitative Study of Knowledge Sharing between Projects

Sköldin, Rosanna LU and Lundström, Ebba LU (2024) BUSN49 20241
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
Title: Knowledge Sharing on Demand: A Qualitative Study of Knowledge Sharing between Projects
Seminar Date: May 27th 2024
Course: BUSN49 Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge & Change
Authors: Ebba Lundström & Rosanna Sköldin
Supervisor: Olof Hallonsten
Purpose: The knowing in practice perspective is absent in previous studies of knowledge sharing between projects. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to fill this gap by exploring how engineers working in a project-based organization perceive knowledge sharing between projects and what practices they enact in their daily lives to share knowledge across projects.
Research Question: How do engineers working in a project-based organization perceive knowledge sharing between... (More)
Title: Knowledge Sharing on Demand: A Qualitative Study of Knowledge Sharing between Projects
Seminar Date: May 27th 2024
Course: BUSN49 Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge & Change
Authors: Ebba Lundström & Rosanna Sköldin
Supervisor: Olof Hallonsten
Purpose: The knowing in practice perspective is absent in previous studies of knowledge sharing between projects. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to fill this gap by exploring how engineers working in a project-based organization perceive knowledge sharing between projects and what practices they enact in their daily lives to share knowledge across projects.
Research Question: How do engineers working in a project-based organization perceive knowledge sharing between projects and what practices do they enact in their daily lives to share knowledge between projects?
Methodology: Our study, grounded in interpretive traditions and an abductive approach, was conducted through 11 semi-structured interviews with engineers working in a project-based organization.
Literature Review: Presents different research perspectives on knowledge and knowledge sharing in organizations, especially in project-based organizations.
Contribution: Knowledge sharing between projects happens on demand. Unless an employee takes individual responsibility and demands another project team to share its knowledge and knowing, project members appear to be stuck in their own project bubble. Project teams additionally appear to be insusceptible to knowledge shared from another project if they have not first demanded for knowledge sharing to happen.
Keywords: knowledge sharing, knowing in practice, projects, project-based organization, knowledge sharing between projects, knowledge sharing on demand (Less)
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Sköldin, Rosanna LU and Lundström, Ebba LU
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BUSN49 20241
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
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knowledge sharing, knowing in practice, projects, project-based organization, knowledge sharing between projects, knowledge sharing on demand
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English
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9155150
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  abstract     = {{Title: Knowledge Sharing on Demand: A Qualitative Study of Knowledge Sharing between Projects
Seminar Date: May 27th 2024
Course: BUSN49 Degree Project in Managing People, Knowledge & Change 
Authors: Ebba Lundström & Rosanna Sköldin
Supervisor: Olof Hallonsten
Purpose: The knowing in practice perspective is absent in previous studies of knowledge sharing between projects. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to fill this gap by exploring how engineers working in a project-based organization perceive knowledge sharing between projects and what practices they enact in their daily lives to share knowledge across projects. 
Research Question: How do engineers working in a project-based organization perceive knowledge sharing between projects and what practices do they enact in their daily lives to share knowledge between projects? 
Methodology: Our study, grounded in interpretive traditions and an abductive approach, was conducted through 11 semi-structured interviews with engineers working in a project-based organization.
Literature Review: Presents different research perspectives on knowledge and knowledge sharing in organizations, especially in project-based organizations. 
Contribution: Knowledge sharing between projects happens on demand. Unless an employee takes individual responsibility and demands another project team to share its knowledge and knowing, project members appear to be stuck in their own project bubble. Project teams additionally appear to be insusceptible to knowledge shared from another project if they have not first demanded for knowledge sharing to happen. 
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