Quality Management and collective mind: investigating university R&D from a group focus Cabeza Pullés, Dainelis Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Leopoldo Llorens Montes, Francisco J. QM Collective mind Knowledge R&D groups This article analyses how Quality Management (QM) practices moderate the relationship between collective mind (CM), and knowledge transfer (KT) and absorption in university research and development (R&D) groups. The data are taken from 257 R&D groups in different Spanish universities. The findings show that the relationship between CM and KT is significant when QM is included as a moderating variable because QM permits better communication and fosters stronger ties between group members. In the case of knowledge absorption (KA), however, QM does not have a significant effect. The final section presents the study's conclusions and implications. As no studies have tested these effects empirically, our conclusions are highly relevant for academics and researchers. 2018-11-15T11:06:55Z 2018-11-15T11:06:55Z 2016 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Cabezas Puges, D.; Gutiérrez Gutierrez, L. and Lloréns Montes, F.J. (2016): “Quality Management and collective mind: investigating university R&D from a group focus”. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. Vol.28, n.3, pp.305-322. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/53774 https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2015.1095286 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Routledge