IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PROCESSES TO ADDRESS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS BETWEEN SENIOR AND JUNIOR STAFF IN ENGINEERING PROJECTS

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/33-4-2672

Keywords:

Knowledge Transfer, Engineering Projects

Abstract

Skills and knowledge gaps between senior and junior staff is prevalent in engineering projects. This study aimed to identify the factors that affect knowledge transfer and methods to retain transferred knowledge between senior and junior staff in the South African engineering environment. Although several studies have examined the factors that influence knowledge transfer, very few have studied the factors affecting knowledge transfer between senior and junior staff in engineering projects. This study found that knowledge transfer is not made a priority in projects, and that there is a lack of knowledge transfer platforms and structures in projects. Incentivising knowledge transfer by making it a work outcome would improve knowledge transfer in projects.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Allyn John Zackarias, Department of Engineering and Technology Management University of Pretoria

Enrolled for an MEng (Technology Management) Degree 

Taryn J Bond-Barnard, Department of Engineering and Technology Management University of Pretoria

Supervisor

Cornelis Cristo van Waveren, Department of Engineering and Technology Management University of Pretoria

Co-Supervisor

Downloads

Published

2022-12-14

How to Cite

Zackarias, A. J., Bond-Barnard, T. J., & van Waveren, C. C. (2022). IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PROCESSES TO ADDRESS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS BETWEEN SENIOR AND JUNIOR STAFF IN ENGINEERING PROJECTS. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 33(4), 147–164. https://doi.org/10.7166/33-4-2672

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 4 (2022)

Section

General Articles

License

Authors who publish in the Journal agree to the following terms:
  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this Journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the Journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this Journal.