An Empirical Study on the Knowledge Management Elements of Research Team in University

Driven by scientific research mission, research team in university, whose ultimate goal is pursuing innovation, creating new knowledge and technology, and cultivating creative talents, is a typical knowledge team. Knowledge can exist in the form of scientific research´s outputs and creative talents, which are the objectives of team building. So, successful team management always equals effective knowledge management (KM). Having a core position, knowledge innovation activities happen from end to end in the operation process of university research team. This paper first discussed the knowledge creation process of university research team from the perspective of KM and then defined the systematic elements of KM in research teams. Then data was collected by questionnaire survey and analyzed by employing structural equation model (SEM). The results can be used to explore the impacts that the systematic elements have on KM of university research team and how they impact.