Normative Analysis on the Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer:Process,Means and Governance

To study knowledge transfer,it's necessary to study the ways of knowledge transfer,namely Knowledge Transfer Mechanism.As the scholars concern about different perspectives,their understandings of knowledge transfer mechanism are also different;therefore,the study on knowledge transfer mechanisms seems very confusing for the moment.Based on the analysis of the literatures,this paper established a normative model of knowledge transfer mechanisms by adopting the normative analysis method.This model divided the knowledge transfer mechanisms into three aspects:The first is the process mechanisms of knowledge transfer,that is,knowledge is how to be transferred step by step from one unit to another unit;the second is the mean mechanisms of knowledge transfer,that is,which transfer means are applied during the processes of knowledge transfer,and how to choose and compose them;the last is the governance mechanisms of knowledge transfer,that is,the events in every step are how to be aroused or managed during the processes of knowledge transfer.This paper conducted a clear classification and a normative study on the aspects of knowledge transfer mechanisms.It can help different studies on a certain knowledge transfer mechanism find their position clearly,and can promote the study on knowledge transfer going more in-depth.