@misc{10481/53778,
year = {2013},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/53778},
abstract = {Purpose
    – The purpose of this paper is to study how transactive memory systems (TMS) facilitate the transfer and absorption of knowledge in the presence of quality management (QM) within a university research and development (R&D) environment.

    Design/methodology/approach
    – The data come from a simple random sampling of 257 Spanish university R&D groups in nine different areas of knowledge. To verify the hypotheses, the authors used multiple linear regression analysis with a moderating effect.

    Findings
    – The conclusions show that the relationship between knowledge transfer (KT) and TMS is significant when QM practices are included as a moderating variable but that this is not the case for knowledge absorption (KA), which does not show any effect.

    Research limitations/implications
    – The effects described were found in a sample composed of various R&D sectors taken from a single country and not distributed equally. Further, the perception analyzed represents the judgment of a single manager.

    Practical implications
    – It is interesting to study this interaction in university R&D because of the important role R&D plays in the development of regions. Improving the internal processes of this research helps to make its results more competitive. This study contributes information on non‐business management and introduces university R&D to the use of QM practices.

    Originality/value
    – The authors found no studies that test empirically the moderating effect of QM practices on the relationships studied in university R&D. The paper's results contribute information to help fill this gap and demonstrate once again that QM practices can be applied to any environment.},
publisher = {Emerald Publishing Limited},
keywords = {Universities},
keywords = {Research and development},
keywords = {Spain},
keywords = {Transactive memory systems},
keywords = {Quality management},
keywords = {Knowledge transfer},
keywords = {Knowledge absorption},
keywords = {R&D groups},
title = {Transactive Memory System and QM: Exploring Knowledge capacities},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1108/02635571311303587},
author = {Cabeza Pullés, Dainelis and Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Leopoldo and Llorens Montes, Francisco J.},
}