...Adamina Ivcovici; Ian McLoughlin; Alka Nand; Ananya Bhattacharya Purpose Communities of Practice (CoPs) are increasingly being created to facilitate knowledge mobilization in organizations. This paper aims to elucidate an underexplored aspect of participation in mandated CoPs – identity...

...Makoto Matsuo; Motohiro Aihara Purpose A community of practice (CoP) is believed to be a driver for knowledge creation but it can hinder knowledge sharing across boundaries. Drawing on social cognitive theory, this study aims to investigate how a CoP within a single unit promotes knowledge sharing...

...Brian C. Britt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical framework that explains the roles and viability of both cooperation and competition as they emerge in communities of practice. Although the usefulness of cooperation in communities of practice is well-understood, few...

... be contacted at: chukwalex@yahoo.com.hk 16 10 2015 21 03 2016 01 07 2016 08 07 2016 16 07 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Community of practice Role model Principal leadership Enablers...

... were working from a common set of business drivers. Research limitations/implications – This activity has implications for other sectors. Well-designed environmental scans of KM programs and initiatives can identify stakeholders for intra-sector communities of practice. These communities...

... within the taxi drivers’ community of practice (CoP). Research limitations/implications – In particular, the authors show that a unique solution always exists, which is defined on the whole (positive) set of times and, in the long run, tends to a steady-state equilibrium. A first limit...

...Prof. Manlio Del Giudice; Prof. Vincenzo Maggioni; Francesco Schiavone; Stefano Borzillo Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how members of a “vintage community of practice” (CoP) – the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) community – recombine old technological knowledge with new...