Intrafirm Knowledge Sharing in the Oil & Gas Industry in Brazil: A Delphi Approach
Abstract
Knowledge is unquestionably at the center of most discussions on innovation, performance, as well as other elements related to firm success. Although the literature has proposed several key success factors for knowledge sharing within a firm, it has yet to explore how these factors rank. Through a Delphi method approach, upstream professionals from four major Oil & Gas firms operating in Brazil ranked specific literature-based proposed factors for successful intrafirm knowledge sharing. As a result, open door policy and organizational culture were the most relevant factors that lead to knowledge sharing within the four firms. In terms of the least relevant ones, acknowledgement and status were seen as factors less likely to lead to intrafirm knowledge sharing. One concludes that the Oil & Gas industry in Brazil is very homogeneous regarding intrafirm knowledge sharing as the outcomes accrued from this work are very similar regardless the Oil & Gas firm.
Intrafirm Knowledge Sharing in the Oil & Gas Industry in Brazil: A Delphi Approach
Knowledge is unquestionably at the center of most discussions on innovation, performance, as well as other elements related to firm success. Although the literature has proposed several key success factors for knowledge sharing within a firm, it has yet to explore how these factors rank. Through a Delphi method approach, upstream professionals from four major Oil & Gas firms operating in Brazil ranked specific literature-based proposed factors for successful intrafirm knowledge sharing. As a result, open door policy and organizational culture were the most relevant factors that lead to knowledge sharing within the four firms. In terms of the least relevant ones, acknowledgement and status were seen as factors less likely to lead to intrafirm knowledge sharing. One concludes that the Oil & Gas industry in Brazil is very homogeneous regarding intrafirm knowledge sharing as the outcomes accrued from this work are very similar regardless the Oil & Gas firm.