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Factors that Influence the Dissemination of Knowledge in Technology Transfer among Malaysian Manufacturing Employees

South East Asian Journal of Management

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Title Factors that Influence the Dissemination of Knowledge in Technology Transfer among Malaysian Manufacturing Employees
 
Creator Mughaneswari ap Sahadevan; Universiti Utara Malaysia
Mohd Haniff Jedin; Universiti Utara Malaysia
 
Subject Strategic; Human Resources
 
Description The meaning of technology transfer is so wide but mostly involving some form of technology-related exchange. However, in this particular paper, technology transfer is consider as a concept to examine the process of  disseminating knowledge and skills that a person owned to another person in order to generate higher productivity with new approach of producing a particular product or service. Although, many researchers have explored the evolution of technology transfer, nonetheless some drivers are yet to be explored in a Malaysian manufacturing industry. This study, therefore attempts to determine the relationship between absorptive capacity, transfer capacity, communication motivation and learning intent and technology transfer performance. A survey methodology was used in a Japanese multinational company based in Klang Valley, Malaysia. A total of 117 questionnaires were received. Results show that absorptive capacity is the most significant to influence technology transfer performance. Key words: Technology transfer, absorptive capacity, Malaysia.  
 
Publisher Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia
 
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Date 2014-05-05
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://journal.ui.ac.id/index.php/tseajm/article/view/3093
 
Source The South East Asian Journal of Management; Vol 8, No 1 (2014): April 2014
 
Language en
 
Coverage South East Asia

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