Abstract: Knowledge distance has an important influence to knowledge transfer, but there is no certain conclusion about the relationship between them. This paper believes that the consistent conclusion will be found only in a certain context of the knowledge characteristics. This paper divides the knowledge characteristics into four type based on two dimensions: knowledge tacitness and complexity, explores the relationship between Knowledge Distance and Knowledge Transfer under these four type knowledge context when employee transfer the task knowledge. The conclusion of this paper will help business in practice of the knowledge management.

Key words: knowledge distance, knowledge characteristics, knowledge transfer

摘要： 知识距离是影响知识转移的重要因素之一，但是它们二者之间的关系一直没有得到统一的研究结论，对于不同特性的知识，知识距离和知识转移之间的关系应该是不同的，只有放在具体的知识背景下研究才能得到一致的结论。本文以部门内部个体之间任务知识的转移为背景，从知识隐含性和知识复杂性两个维度将对知识特性进行划分为四种类别显性、简单知识；显性、复杂知识；隐性、简单知识；隐性、复杂知识，考察这四种不同类别知识的知识距离和与知识转移之间的关系。研究对所提假设进行了实证检验，并对结果进行了进一步的解释，旨在明确知识距离和知识转移之间的关系，从而为企业有效的管理知识提供指导。

关键词: 知识距离, 知识特性, 知识转移