von Wartburg, Rost and Teichert (2004) The Creation of Social and Intellectual Capital in Virtual Communities of Practice

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	Author:	von Wartburg, Iwan (University of Hamburg)
	Author:	Rost, Katja
	Author:	Teichert, Thorsten

PROCEEDINGS TITLE:

The fith European conference on Organisational Knowledge, Learning and Capbilities

YEAR:

2004

PUB TYPE:

Conference Paper in Proceedings

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SUBJECT(S):

community of practice, social capital, intellectual capital, knowledge creation, learning in practice

DISCIPLINE:

Business/Management

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http://www.ofenhandwerk.com/oklc/pdf_files/E-3_wartburg.pdf

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-401-216 (Last edited on 2005/08/23 06:00:08 GMT-6)

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ABSTRACT:
Virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) are communities of practice (CoPs) characterized by at least partially virtual interactions. CoPs are informal groups of people that share expertise and passion for actual practice within and on behalf of an organization. CoPs are said to be a more effective organizational form for knowledge creation than traditional and formal ways of structuring interaction. In this paper we strive to add to this generally assumed success hypothesis in two respects. We firstly propose an overall framework for examining the effects of VCoPs on collective knowledge creation by drawing mainly on social capital theory and the knowledge based view of the firm. Secondly, we specify testable causal hypotheses. These rely on the social structure, social capital, human capital and interaction processes in VCoPs.

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