...Aurore Haas; Stefano Borzillo; Jean-Philippe Bootz Purpose This study aims to explore the role of communities of practice (CoPs) in supporting organizational innovation. It provides a thorough review of how CoPs contribute to or shape innovation and concludes with an agenda for future research...

..., knowledge sharing with other teams and knowledge withholding from other teams, mediated through perceived team communities of practice (CoPs). Design/methodology/approach A three-wave questionnaire survey was administered to 444 employees working in various organizations in Japan. Structural equation...

...Krithika Randhawa; Emmanuel Josserand; Jochen Schweitzer; Danielle Logue Purpose This research paper aims to examine how open innovation (OI) intermediaries facilitate knowledge collaboration between organizations and online user communities. Drawing on a Community of Practice (CoP) perspective...

... of this study is to investigate the role of knowledge brokers in Japanese communities of practice (CoP). This is because if knowledge brokers can connect across boundaries and introduce practices into another CoP, they can contribute by introducing practices as tacit knowledge to another CoP. This study...

... 11 02 2016 15 02 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Communities of practice Open innovation Knowledge creation Knowledge management systems Virtual community Nonaka’s modern conception...

.... Many advisors delivered technical information and good advice to the practitioners of the community through the platform. The hang arounds were also very well-informed in this stage regarding how the core group was working. Communities of practice Information technology Open innovation Social...

... the organisational community. Communities of practice (CofP) have been cited as a conduit for knowledge and learning, with the ability to fundamentally influence an organisation’s aptitude for innovation (Coakes and Smith, 2007), as well as creativity, competitive advantage, performance and engagement (Hughes et...

... questions at the individual and collective level. How do the various dimensions of social capital influence an organisation’s capacity to acquire new knowledge? And what are the conditions that facilitate knowledge transfer? © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Communities of practice...

...Suchul Lee; Euiho Suh; Modeum Lee Purpose – The aim of this paper is to develop a metric that quantitatively measures the risk of knowledge drain associated with the departure of a member in communities of practice (CoP). Design/methodology/approach – This paper considers two...

...Ettore Bolisani; Enrico Scarso Purpose – Since its introduction, the notion of Communities of Practice (CoPs) has gained immediate popularity, especially among Knowledge Management scholars. The paper aims at reviewing the past and discussing what has been done. In particular the purposes...

...Steven Pattinson; David Preece Purpose – Recent research into communities of practice (CoPs) has focused on large organizations, suggesting they can be constructed for the purposes of knowledge acquisition and innovation. The present study found that, for science-based SMEs, CoPs are more...

...Mamie Jennings Mabery; Lynn Gibbs‐Scharf; Debra Bara Purpose The complexity and responsibilities of public health make collaboration across multiple levels of government critical. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) effectively uses communities of practice (CoPs) to bring its...

...Widad Guechtouli; Juliette Rouchier; Magali Orillard Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the process of knowledge transfer within social networks composed of a pool of experts, and newcomers whose aim is primarily to acquire new knowledge, such as communities of practice...

... and communication are important in order to reconcile supplementary goals and considerations. Originality/value The paper presents a study that is one of the first to analyze antecedents of knowledge application in formal communities of practice. The authors hypothesize that the actions...

.... Design/methodology/approach Empirical evidence concerning the operation of three KTPs, collected through interviews with the key partners and the review of relevant documentary material, is analysed through the lens of the communities of practice approach to situated learning. Findings...

...Alexander Ardichvili; Vaughn Page; Tim Wentling This paper reports the results of a qualitative study of motivation and barriers to employee participation in virtual knowledge‐sharing communities of practice at Caterpillar Inc., a Fortune 100, multinational corporation. The study indicates...

... and knowledge sharing across time and distance. Knowledge management (KM) claims to tackle these issues. This paper looks at an area where KM does not offer sufficient support, that is, the sharing of knowledge that is not easy to articulate. The focus in this paper is on communities of practice in commercial...

... technology, developed by Intraspect Software ( http://www.intraspect.com ), in an attempt to cultivate a community of practice in the program. The assessment model looks for indicators of communities of practice and mines for usage patterns called “knowledge transactions”, as forms of measures. © MCB UP...