The roles of peripheral participants and brokers: Within and beyond communities of practices

Grima, F; Josserand, E

The roles of peripheral participants and brokers: Within and beyond communities of practices

Grima, F Josserand, E

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Citation:: Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage, 2011, pp. 297 - 307
Issue Date:: 2011-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Grima, F	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Josserand, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-2405	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage, 2011, pp. 297 - 307	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781605668024	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30014
dc.description.abstract	The objective of our chapter is to gain a better understanding of learning trajectories connecting external and internal communities of practices. To do so we studied four internal communities of practice by actors belonging to a same external community. We realized semi-directive interviews in these communities supplemented by direct observation of meetings. Our results give a new perspective on participation to communities of practice. We describe how young members act as boundary spanners between the communities and the practice in their organization while more senior members act as unique facilitators with a balance between boundary spanning and buffering. We describe in detail the personal characteristics of these senior members. © 2011, IGI Global.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Handbook of Research on Communities of Practice for Organizational Management and Networking: Methodologies for Competitive Advantage	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4018/978-1-60566-802-4.ch017	en_US
dc.title	The roles of peripheral participants and brokers: Within and beyond communities of practices	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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Abstract:

The objective of our chapter is to gain a better understanding of learning trajectories connecting external and internal communities of practices. To do so we studied four internal communities of practice by actors belonging to a same external community. We realized semi-directive interviews in these communities supplemented by direct observation of meetings. Our results give a new perspective on participation to communities of practice. We describe how young members act as boundary spanners between the communities and the practice in their organization while more senior members act as unique facilitators with a balance between boundary spanning and buffering. We describe in detail the personal characteristics of these senior members. © 2011, IGI Global.

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