Corporate Social Responsibility Knowledge Transfer in Interfirm Networks

This study investigates the effects of the alliance network structural properties on corporate social responsibility (CSR) knowledge transfer in the interfirm network context. Alliances and partnerships allow firms to access valuable CSR knowledge. While most research investigating knowledge transfer focuses on the dyadic level, the current research investigates CSR knowledge transfer within the interfirm network context. By integrating data from multiple datasets, this study investigates how a firm centrality and brokerage in its interfirm network influence its acquisition of CSR knowledge. The findings of 298 firms show that firm betweenness centrality and network brokerage enhance CSR knowledge transfer from its alliance partners. To the contrary, the greater the number of alliance partners (i.e., degree centrality), the weaker is the firm's ability to acquire CSR knowledge.

Knowledge Management Influence on Safety Management Practices

Many studies have been conducted in relation with knowledge management (KM), indicating the benefit associated with KM; among which safety management (SM) improvement is one of them. So, the aim of this article is to assess the influence of KM on SM practices in construction industry. In this regard, various factors that affect KM and SM are identified through literature review. Then, a questionnaire survey was facilitated to collect data based on the identified factors. These factors are ranked using a relative importance index (RII) to ascertain the level of importance among its group. Further, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis are carried out to test and measure the strength of the relationship between KM and SM factors. Results indicate that there exists a definite and significant relationship between the factors of KM and SM in construction industry. Overall, the results obtained from the study will assist practitioners and professionals to develop and upgrade KM and SM practices in construction industry.