This paper identifies the critical

This paper identifies the critical factors of tacit-knowledge sharingwithin integrated project teams and explores how these factorsaffect tacit-knowledge sharing. Through significant analysis, thisresearch has identified those factors that are of significant importanceto tacit knowledge. Then the authors used factors analysisto identify the critical factors. The results showed the five criticalfactors influencing tacit-knowledge sharing to be swift trustinformation-based trust, identification-based trust, personal benefits,and lack of self-efficacy. Path analysis was used to further explorehow these factors correlate to each other and subsequentlyaffect tacit-knowledge sharing within integrated project teams. Thisresearch found personal benefits positively relates to swift trust andinformation-based trust; identification-based trust can reduce selfefficacy,which has a negative impact on tacit-knowledge sharing.Not only did this research identify the close relationship betweentrust and tacit-knowledge sharing, but also presents a deep analysisof what specific form of trust influences tacit-knowledgesharing by taking the evolution of trust into account. Swift trust isfound to have important impacts on information-based trust andidentification-based trust, which in turn positively relate to tacitknowledgesharing. These findings can provide important implicationsfor promoting tacit-knowledge sharing in the integratedproject team. More attention should be paid to swift trust in theearly stage of an integrated project team. Project managers shouldpromote information sharing and social interactions among teammembers and try to build a no-blame atmosphere that encouragesevery team member to actively participate in knowledge sharing.This paper has also advanced the knowledge area about trustand tacit-knowledge sharing. But there are still some limitations asto how the different types of trust that develops at different stagesof a project and among different project parties influence tacitknowledgesharing, which can be studied in future research.