Communities of practice in academia: Testing a quantitative model

Learning, Culture and Social Interaction

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-126

  Nistor, Nicolae ^a,b,c   Fischer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Participation; Quantitative research; University staff; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868328851     PISSN: 22106561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lcsi.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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