Managing a New Collaborative Entity in Business Organizations: Understanding Organizational Communities of Practice Effectiveness

Companies worldwide are turning to organizational communities of practice (OCoPs) as vehicles to generate learning and enhance organizational performance. OCoPs are defined as groups of employees who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic and who strengthen their knowledge an...

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Published in:	Journal of applied psychology 2011-11, Vol.96 (6), p.1234-1245
Main Authors:	Kirkman, Bradley L., Mathieu, John E., Cordery, John L., Rosen, Benson, Kukenberger, Michael
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Business Organizations Collaboration Communities Communities of Practice Community Cooperative Behavior Data mining Efficiency, Organizational - statistics & numerical data Empowerment Expertise Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human Humans Interdependence Leadership Male Management Minerals Mining Mining - organization & administration Mining industry Models, Organizational Multinational corporations Occupational psychology Organization and management. Professional relation Organization theory Organizational analysis Organizational Behavior Organizational behaviour Organizational Culture Organizational Effectiveness Organizational learning Organizational performance Organizational Policy Organizational research Organizational structure Organizations Power (Psychology) Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Social networks Studies Teams United States Work Teams
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