Individual, social, and organizational contexts for active knowledge sharing in communities of practice

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 12423-12431

  Jeon, Su Hwan ^a   Kim, Young Gul ^b   Koh, Joon ^c  

^a Korea National University of Arts   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Knowledge management; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE FORMATION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; FACILITATING CONDITIONS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PLS ANALYSIS; SOCIAL FACTOR; TRIANDIS MODEL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 79957997626     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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