Multiple competences in distributed communities of practice: The case of a community of financial advisors

Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 116-125

  De Carolis, Monica ^a   Corvello, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Dispersed workers; Knowledge sharing; Learning processes; Professional heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; DISPERSED WORKERS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; LEARNING PROCESS; PROFESSIONAL HETEROGENEITY;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 78049506558     PISSN: 20488963     EISSN: 20488971     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Ancona D.G., Caldwell D.F. (1992) "Demography and design: predictors of new product team performance" Organization Science, n.3, pp.321-341
2. Bales R.F. (1999) Social interaction system: theory and measurement. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
3. Boland R.J., Tenkasi R.V. (1995) "Perspective making and perspective taking in communities of knowing", Organization Science, vol. 6, n. 4, pp. 350-370
4. Bogenrieder I., Nooteboom B. (2004) "Learning Groups: What Types are there? A Theoretical Analysis and an empirical study in Consultancy Firm", Organization Studies vol. 25, n.2
5. Brown J.S., Duguid P. (1991) "Organizational Learning and Communities of Practice: Toward a Unified view of Working, Learning, and Innovation", Organization Science, vol.2, n. 1, February, pp.40-57
6. Catino M. (1999) "Apprendimento e conoscenza nelle comunità di pratica di lavoro: il caso degli impianti pilota di CER-Montell", Studi Organizzativi, n.2
7. Gherardi S. (2000) "La conoscenza, il sapere e l'apprendimento nelle comunità di pratica" Studi Organizzativi, n.1, pp. 5-9
8. Gherardi S., Nicolini D. (2002) "Learning in a constellation of interconnected practices: canon or dissonance?", Journal of Management Studies, vol.39, n.4
9. Gladstein D.L. (1984) "Groups in context: a model of task group effectiveness" Administrative Science Quarterly, n.29, pp. 499-517
10. Gongla P., Rizzuto C.R. (2001) "Evolving communities of practice: IBM global service experience" IBM System Journal, vol.40, n.4, pp. 842-861
11. Grandori A. (1995) Organizzazione e comportamento economico, il Mulino, Bologna
12. Kodama M. (2005) "New knowledge creation through leadership-based strategic communities - a case of new product development in IT and multimedia business field", Technovation, n. 25, pp. 895-908
13. Hackman J.R. (1987) "The design of work teams" in Lorsch J.W. (ed.) Handbook of organizational behaviour, pp.315-342, Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall
14. Hayes N., Walsham G. (2001) "Participation in groupware-mediated communities of practice. A socio-political analysis of knowledge working", Information and Organization, n.11
15. Harrison D.A., Price K.H., Bell M.P. (1998) "Beyond relational demography: time and effects of surface- and deep-level diversity on work group cohesion" Academy of Management Journal, vol.41, n.1, pp.96-107
16. Lave J., Wenger E. (1991) Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Cambridge University Press
17. Lee G.K., Cole R.E. (2003) "From a firm based to a Community based model of knowledge creation: The case of the Linux Kernel Development", Organization Science, vol.14, n.6
18. Lesser E.L., Storck J. (2001) "Communities of Practice and Organizational Performance", Knowledge Management, vol.40, n.4
19. Lesser E.L., Fontaine M.A. (2004) "Overcoming Knowledge barriers with Communities of Practice: lessons learned through practical experience" in Hildreth P., Kimble C. (eds) Knowledge Networks: innovation through Communities of Practice, Idea Group Publishing, pp. 14-23
20. Lundkvist A. (2004) "User network as sources of innovation" in Hildreth P., Kimble C. (eds) Knowledge Networks: innovation through Communities of Practice, Idea Group Publishing, pp. 96-105
21. Malone D. (2002) "Knowledge management A model for organizational learning", International Journal of Accounting Information System, n. 3, pp. 111-123
22. McDermott R. (1999) "Why information technology inspired but cannot deliver knowledge management", California Management Review, 41
23. McDermott R. (1999a) "Learning across teams: how to build communities of practice in team organizations", Knowledge Management Journal, n.8 May-June
24. Nooteboom B. (2000) Learning and innovation in organizations and economies, Oxford, Oxford University Press
25. Pan S.L., Leidner D.E. (2003) "Bringing communities of practice with information technology in pursuit of global knowledge sharing", Journal of Strategic Information System, n.12, pp. 71- 88
26. Scott J. (1997) L'analisi delle reti sociali, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, Roma
27. Svyantek D.J., Bott J. (2004) "Received wisdom and the relationship between diversity and organizational performance", Organizational Analysis, vol.12, n.3, pp.295-317
28. Van Maanen J. V., Barley S.R. (1984) "Occupational Communities: culture and control in organization", in Staw B.M., Cummings L.L. (eds), Research in Organizational Behavior, Jay Press, Greenwich (CT), pp. 287-365
29. von Krogh G., Ichijo K., Nonaka I. (2000) Enabling knowledge creation: how to unlock the mistery of tacit knowledge and release the power of innovation, Oxford University Press, Inc., New York
30. Vaast E. (2004) "O brother, where are you? From communities to networks of practice through intranet use", Management Communication Quarterly, vol.18, n.1, August
31. Wasko M., Faray S. (2000) ""It is what one does": why people participate and help others in electronic communities of practice", Journal of Strategic Information System, n.9
32. Weick K., Roberts K.H. (1993) "Collective mind in organizations: heedful interrelating on flight decks", Administrative Science Quarterly, n.38
33. Wenger E. (1998) Communities of Practice, Learning, Meaning and Identity, Cambridge University Press
34. Wenger E., McDermott R., Snyder W. (2002) Cultivating Communities of Practice, Harvard Business School Press, Cambridge, Mass
35. Yin, R.K. (1994) "Case study Research: Design and Methods", Thousands Oacks, CA, SAGE
36. Zucchermaglio C., Leonardini Pieri P. (2000) "Internet, lavoro e le storie delle comunità di pratiche", Studi Organizzativi n.2