A community of practice has recently been defined as “a flexible group of professionals,
informally bound by common interests, who interact through interdependent tasks guided by …

Abstract Knowledge Management (KM) is a field that has attracted much attention both in
academic and practitioner circles. Most KM projects appear to be primarily concerned with …

This publication has grown out of two frustrations. One is the experience that so many
applications in the area of information and communication technology (lCT) are built without …

Numerous scholars in the information systems field have formulated variants of structuration
theory in order to extend some of its basic constructs to information-technology-related …

The chapter presents an alternative view of the role of design in the development of new
technologies, particularly in relation to new information and communication technologies …

The factors that motivate people to codify and share knowledge for the benefit of others have
been identified as a priority area for individual companies (Smith & Farquhar, 2000, p. 27) …

In the seventies, Nolan was the first to address the need for a descriptive stage theory
concerning the planning, organizing and controlling activities associated with managing the …

This study contributes to the IS literature with a distinct explanation of the process of
institutionalisation of technology in organisations. The research analyses the role of micro …

This second edition of a bestseller provides up-to-date knowledge of human factors issues
in web design. It comprehensively treats human factors research methods, design …

Communities of practice are highly situated and, yet, networks of practice supposedly
connect them. Assuming the situated dimension of work and identity in communities of …