Knowledge Diffusion in the U.S. Aerospace Industry [2 Volumes]
Knowledge Diffusion in the U.S. Aerospace Industry [2 Volumes]

Author: Thomas E. Pinelli

Publisher: Praeger

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13:

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Nineteen chapters detail the role of knowledge in technical innovation at the individual, organizational, national, and international levels of the large commercial aircraft (LCA) aerospace community, how U.S. public policy shapes the external environment of that community, and the influence of the community's actors on technological practice. Scholars from disciplines such as business and strategic management, communications, economics, international political economy, library and information science, organizational science and learning theory, political science, public policy, and sociology treat topics such as: the growth of LCA manufacturing, U.S. research and development funding, engineers' information production and use behaviors, the relationship between technical uncertainty and information use, the use of computer networks, and a number of chapters on the structural behavior of engineers' communication and information use. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Report 6: The Relationship Between the Use of US Government Technical Reports by US Aerospace Engineers and Scientists and Selected Institutional and Sociometric Variables
NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Report 6: The Relationship Between the Use of US Government Technical Reports by US Aerospace Engineers and Scientists and Selected Institutional and Sociometric Variables

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 142898304X

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A study was undertaken that investigated the relationship between the use of U.S. government technical reports by U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists and selected institutional and sociometric variables. Survey research is the methodology used for the study. Data were collected by means of a self- administered mail questionnaire. The approximately 34 000 members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) served as the study population. The response rate for the survey was 70 percent. A dependent relationship was found to exist between the use of U.S. government technical reports and three of the institutional variables (academic preparation, years of professional aerospace work experience, and technical discipline). The use of U.S. government technical reports was found to be independent of all of the sociometric variables. The institutional variables best explain the use of U.S. government technical reports by U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists.

NASA DoD aerospace knowledge diffusion research project. Report number 41, The technical communication practices of U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists results of the phase 1 mail survey--propulsion and aircraft engine perspective
NASA DoD aerospace knowledge diffusion research project. Report number 41, The technical communication practices of U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists results of the phase 1 mail survey--propulsion and aircraft engine perspective

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 142898156X

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The U.S. government technical report is a primary means by which the results of federally funded research and development (R & D) are transferred to the U.S. aerospace industry. However, little is known about this information product in terms of its actual use, importance, and value in the transfer of federally funded R & D. Little is also known about the intermediary-based system that is used to transfer the results of federally funded R & D to the U.S. aerospace industry. To help establish a body of knowledge, the U.S. government technical report is being investigated as part of the NASA/DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. In this report, we summarize the literature on technical reports, present a model that depicts the transfer of federally funded aerospace R & D via the U.S. government technical report, and present the results of research that investigated aerospace knowledge diffusion 'vis-a-vis' the technical communication practices of U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists who were members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.