Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research

This research systematically reviews the scientific contributions published so far in the field of knowledge management in construction and to establish the influence of knowledge management in the companies of this sector. To this end, this paper describes the results obtained from a bibliometric s...

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Autores principales:	Castro,A. L, Yepes,V, Pellicer,E, Cuéllar,A. J
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2012
Materias:	Bibliometríc analysis construction industry knowledge management knowledge transfer organizational learning
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-915X20120003000062013-11-06Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in researchCastro,A. LYepes,VPellicer,ECuéllar,A. J Bibliometríc analysis construction industry knowledge management knowledge transfer organizational learning This research systematically reviews the scientific contributions published so far in the field of knowledge management in construction and to establish the influence of knowledge management in the companies of this sector. To this end, this paper describes the results obtained from a bibliometric study that involved a quantitative and a qualitative analysis of the current state of knowledge management of companies in the construction industry. The research method was divided into the following stages: preliminary literature approach, establishment of search strategies, selection and classification of papers, quantitative analysis, and discussion of relevant papers. Three main factors were identified: generation of knowledge, knowledge transfer, and use and exploitation of knowledge; five complementary facets were also identified: culture, innovation, quality, information technology, and human factors. Results show that, overall, companies in this sector have no coordinated knowledge management strategy, and that they must still make a greater effort to improve business competitiveness, especially in the use and exploitation of knowledge generated at the worksite.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEscuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileRevista de la construcción v.11 n.3 20122012-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-915X2012000300006en10.4067/S0718-915X2012000300006
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spellingShingle	Bibliometríc analysis construction industry knowledge management knowledge transfer organizational learning Castro,A. L Yepes,V Pellicer,E Cuéllar,A. J Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research
description	This research systematically reviews the scientific contributions published so far in the field of knowledge management in construction and to establish the influence of knowledge management in the companies of this sector. To this end, this paper describes the results obtained from a bibliometric study that involved a quantitative and a qualitative analysis of the current state of knowledge management of companies in the construction industry. The research method was divided into the following stages: preliminary literature approach, establishment of search strategies, selection and classification of papers, quantitative analysis, and discussion of relevant papers. Three main factors were identified: generation of knowledge, knowledge transfer, and use and exploitation of knowledge; five complementary facets were also identified: culture, innovation, quality, information technology, and human factors. Results show that, overall, companies in this sector have no coordinated knowledge management strategy, and that they must still make a greater effort to improve business competitiveness, especially in the use and exploitation of knowledge generated at the worksite.
author	Castro,A. L Yepes,V Pellicer,E Cuéllar,A. J
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title	Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research
title_short	Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research
title_full	Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research
title_fullStr	Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research
title_sort	knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research
publisher	Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
publishDate	2012
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Knowledge management in the construction industry: state of the art and trends in research

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