Knowledge construction in an outsider community: Extending the communities of practice concept

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1078-1090

  Kimmerle, Joachim ^a   Thiel, Ansgar ^a   Gerbing, Kim Kristin ^a   Bientzle, Martina ^b   Halatchliyski, Iassen ^b   Cress, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Knowledge construction; Web forum

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION; RELEVANT FEATURES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; WEB FORUMS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84868218976     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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