Secondly, the translation theory highlights the need to recognise barriers or constraints of
the transfer mechanism. However, apart from these constraints (i.e. negative factors) that
inhibit the knowledge transfer process, there can also be some positive factors that could
promote the process of knowledge transfer. A key to understanding the success and failure
of a knowledge transfer process depends on the identification of such factors that could
make an impact on the process and their level of influence on it. Individuals and organizations share several dimensions of contexts, e.g. culture, capabilities, skills,
management styles, politics, technology, etc.; and each of these dimensions can influence
the knowledge transfer process either positively or negatively. In the developed model,
these influential factors are broadly categorised into two elements, i.e. intrinsic influences
and extrinsic influences