Measuring the Sharing Effect of Tacit Knowledge Based on Structural Holes Theory: Case Study on a Military Enterprise

Because employees turnover, Military enterprises need restored timely the social networks of information transmission network. Therefore, making the social networks comply with the sharing demands, reducing knowledge losses associated with destruction of the social networks, and providing the most suitable person for the social networks have been becoming main problems of the military enterprise reform. This article proposes a quantitative method using social network structure (network density, structure hole and network centricity) and social network interactive (exchange frequency, close degree and contact strength) as measure indicators to measure the influence of each members sharing with the tacit knowledge. Finally, the article suggests that the person with the similar social function was filled up the vacant job.

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