Author:
Elisa Norvanto
Affiliation:
Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Keyword(s):
Community of Practice, Explicit and Tacit Knowledge, EU Externally Funded Research Projects, Exploratory Case Study, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, Qualitative Research, Security.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
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Best Practices & Communities of Practice
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Communication, Collaboration and Information Sharing
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Communities of Practice
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Computer-Supported Education
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Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
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Knowledge Management Projects
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Knowledge-Based Systems
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Learning Organization & Organizational Learning
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Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment
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Social Networks and the Psychological Dimension
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Society, e-Business and e-Government
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Symbolic Systems
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Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to explore how knowledge creation in EU externally funded security Research and Innovation (R&I) projects can be understood through the concept of community of practice (CoP). A multiple case study design was used to examine EU R&I projects with the Wenger’s identity-practice framework that characterizes conventional CoPs. Qualitative data analysis was conducted based on rich empirical data collected during June 2015 – July 2017. The results of the study suggested that the EU R&I project consortium is a knowledge community in its own right, which knowledge creation cannot be fully understood if analysed as traditional project organizations. CoP framework can provide a meaningful way to investigate how explicit and tacit knowledge is created and shared within a project consortium and across different consortiums. Namely the engagement in different phases of the work undertaken by the project consortium can help to understand how the socialization facilitate
s knowledge creation and transfers, as well as identity development as the project evolves. As a whole, CoP theory can provide new insight in the knowledge creation in cross-border and cross-sectoral collaborations. It can provide a meaningful way to explore how the knowledge is emerged through a practice in project consortiums before, during, and after the projects.
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