The Relationship Between Knowledge Dissemination And Organisational Performance In The Construction Industry
The Relationship Between Knowledge Dissemination And Organisational Performance In The Construction Industry

Summary/Abstract: Transferring knowledge within an organisation is essential for the future success of the company. The ability of an organisation to harness knowledge and produce value from it partly defines an organisation’s road towards success. Currently, organisations employ a diverse stratum of individuals who represent various generational cohorts. Increased mobility of employees in today’s workplace has become a reality that may present benefits but equally pose huge challenges. If mechanisms are not put in place to manage the knowledge resident in the mobile workforce population, it would inadvertently result in substantial corporate memory loss. Certainly this will not augur well for the overall performance of the organisation. Knowledge management has therefore become an important ingredient of the success of organisations as it allows for knowledge to be retained within the organisation rather than be resident only among employees. The transfer of invaluable knowledge from the individual into corporate memory has therefore become a concern. Knowledge dissemination as a notion has emerged as a panacea for expensive corporate memory loss as it enables the sharing of information among employees eventually transforming all individual knowledge into organisational competencies.This empirical study used a respondent population of employees from companies in the construction and engineering industry in South Africa and factually revealed an association between knowledge dissemination and organisational performance. Part of the practical implication of the study’s findings relates to the urgent need for construction firms to begin to find ways to enhance socialisation at project sites given that knowledge dissemination is in part interpreted through the social perspective.

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