Knowledge sharing practices in multi-allocated communities of practice: an integrative review

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https://doi.org/10.5585/riae.v19i1.13913

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Knowledge management, Communities of practice, Multi allocated communities of practice, Knowledge communities, Knowledge sharing practices.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand knowledge sharing practices used by communities of practice which have their points of contact spread geographically. These communities, denominated “multi-allocated Communities of Practice” (CoPs), need to use specific practices to share their knowledge.  

Methodology:  Integrative review of articles accessed at the databases: Scopus, Web of Science and SciELO. The articles were analyzed by means of thematic analysis.

Originality: Intraorganizational CoPs and their knowledge sharing initiatives have been widely studied. However, multi-allocated CoPs and their knowledge sharing practices still lack study.   

Findings: Four dimensions of knowledge sharing practices were identified and discussed: "Integrative place", "From takers to knowledge sharers", "Promoting connections" and "Implementing and sustaining”.

Contributions: This article presents contributions in two main aspects: 1) the dimensions which were identified can offer subsidies for the analysis of processes of knowledge sharing in communities of practice of this nature and 2) presented practices can collaborate with the qualification and enrichment of knowledge sharing practices in new or existing multi-allocated CoPs projects.

Conclusions: There is no standard array of knowledge sharing practices in multi-allocated CoPs. The common denominator is that the choice of these practices must take in consideration the objectives of the community, it´s  members´ characteristics, the nature of knowledge to be shared, as well as knowledge sharing channels and resources that are available.

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Author Biographies

Adriana Verissimo Karam-Koleski, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda em Gestão do Conhecimento no Programa de Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Mestre em Educação, na área de Curriculo pela De Paul University, Chicago, IL. Tem MBA em Gestão Empresarial pelo ISAE-FGV e especialização em Comportamento Organizacional pelo ISPG. Graduada em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Paraná e Pedagogia pela Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná. É gestora e docente no Centro Universitário Opet, de Curitiba, Paraná e fellow de pesquisa do Laspau e do Consórcio Brasil Sthem em 2018- 2019. 

Cristiano José Castro de Almeida Cunha, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Possui doutorado em Adminstração de Empresas - Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen (1988), mestrado em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1981) e graduação em Engenharia Geológica pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (1977). ɠprofessor da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, vinculado ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento. 

Solange Maria da Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Possui graduação em Administração pela Escola Superior de Administração e Gerência ESAG/UDESC (1995), Mestrado (1999) e Doutorado (2007) em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). É professora na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, vinculada ao PPGTIC (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação). 

Eduardo Moreira da Costa, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Engenheiro eletricista e M.Sc. em Ciência da Computação pela UFMG e Ph.D. em eletrônica pela Universidade de Southampton, na Inglaterra.É Diretor Geral do laboratório internacional LabCHIS (Cidades mais Humanas, Inteligentes e Sustentáveis) com bases na UFSC e no Rio, e consultor independente. Professor do Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento da UFSC. 

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Karam-Koleski, A. V., Cunha, C. J. C. de A., Silva, S. M. da, & Costa, E. M. da. (2020). Knowledge sharing practices in multi-allocated communities of practice: an integrative review. Revista Ibero-Americana De Estratégia, 19(1), 104–127. https://doi.org/10.5585/riae.v19i1.13913

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