• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.17-30
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• 2007

Firm which implement knowledge management initiatives have found interest in nurturing voluntary knowledge sharing organizations, called communities of practice(CoP). One of the fundamental problems for adopting or implementing CoP is how the firms can measure the performance of CoP. Despite interest in CoP by firms, empirical studies on CoP performance measurement are rare. Thus, this study intends to help the organizations by introducing CoP performance measurement framework based on the previous researches. The framework is further validated by comparing with the eight actual cases. Finally, we propose three propositions regarding the CoP performance measurement.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.183-203
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• 2006

Firms are increasingly adopting online communities-of-practice (CoPs) with strong managerial support in hopes of promoting knowledge sharing and creation within the organization. Excessive managerial concern and sponsoring, however, could harm the spontaneity of CoP participants, which is one of the pivotal characteristics of virtual communities, and in the end, have negative impact on their smooth operation. In this regard, this study examines the factors which affect the stimulation of CoPs and explores the difference in their operating mechanisms under two differing organizational structural settings by the existence of a sponsor. By analyzing 133 samples of CoPs in a globally leading company, this study found that the existence of a sponsor designated by the organization, has serious influence on the working of CoPs, That is, leaders' enthusiasm and the level of off-line activities are critical factors for the stimulation of CoPs which have no sponsor, while in case of CoPs that have their sponsors, neither leaders' enthusiasm nor the level of off-line activities are significantly related to the stimulation of CoPs. At the same time, the performance of CoPs which have their sponsors was found significantly higher than that of CoPs which have no sponsor. These results indicate that firms need to pay special attention to organizational sponsorship when introducing CoPs within their organizations.

• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.447-452
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• 2007

본 연구는 최근 지식경영에서 중요하게 받아들여지고 있는 CoP의 성과측정체계에 대한 프레임웍을 제시하고 실제에 있어서 그 프레임웍이 얼마나 잘 적용될 수 있는지에 대해서 사례연구를 통해 고찰하고 추가적으로 CoP와 관련한 명제를 제시하고자 한다. CoP의 성과측정체계는 지식경영과 조직론의 기존의 문헌연구를 통하여 제시하였는데 크게 CoP Readiness, CoP Activity, Social Capital과 Business Output의 영역으로 크게 구분하고 세부적으로 정성적이고 정량적인 방법으로 측정할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다. CoP의 성과는 위의 단계를 거치면서 나타나며 Business Output은 BSC방법을 통해 측정할 것을 제시하였다. 제시된 성과측정체계는 CoP를 효과적으로 활용하고 있는 국내 8개사의 사례를 통해 실증적으로 검토하였고 각 사에서 현재 활용 중인 측정체계와의 차이와 적용가능성을 고찰하였고 이를 통해 추가적으로 연구를 진행할 수 있는 4개의 명제를 제시하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.438-447
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• 2015

When communities of practice(CoP) was mostly informal, has been formulated. Because Knowledge management(KM) was emphasized in the business sector. So it increase interest in the COP. Since the early 2000s, the research interest has thus far grown. At a point in time has the subject, CoP, been researched for ten years, it is significant to review the literatures, the main topics as well as critical factors on the subject. In this study, the trends in the relevant researches and the performance factors from the previous studies are examined. The references for this study are limited to the authorized scholarly and scientific journals. The results therethrough processed show that total 37 researches were conducted between the year 2000 and 2012. These could be classified by the research methods as 16 case studies, 11 studies using CoP as the dependent variable, 4 studies using CoP as an independent variable and 3 theoretical discourses. 7 out of 16 case studies suggest the 14 success factors of CoP; the most influential performance factor is the external community support. 11 studies examined factors influencing the performance of CoP; 13 performance factors were proposed in these studies. The most significant factor influencing the performance of CoP is the team effectiveness.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.339-358
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• 2016

This study is to demonstrate that public libraries help community to become an active 'Community of Practice(CoP)'. In order to prove this hypothesis, 'Libraries Transforming Communities(LTC)' initiative of American Library Association is analyzed. Public libraries participating in LTC program solved problems of communities through making CoPs by librarians as a catalyst. People's recognition about public libraries is altered by the problem-solving practice. The followings are 4-level transforming relationship model of public library and community: Leadership Development for Librarian CoPs; Librarian CoPs for improving library services; Community CoPs with library for solving problems; Community as CoP.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.1-19
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• 2014

Absorptive capacity is an ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and apply external knowledge. Since the objectives of communities of practice(CoPs) are to share task-related knowledge and to apply it to operations, individual absorptive capacities of CoP members are one of the most important success factors of CoPs. The study examined the structural relationship among three groups; antecedents of absorptive capacity, absorptive capacity, and the performance of CoPs. The findings are as follows; Goal interdependence, reciprocal altruism, coordination mechanism and socialization mechanism had significant and positive effects on absorptive capacity. In addition absorptive capacity had significant and positive effects on goal attainment and knowledge application of CoP.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.77-90
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of human resource development policies and practices on social capital and organizational performance. To serve the purpose, we focused on the effects of communities of practice (CoP) to social capital and suggested best practices of CoP from the aspect of social capital. Specifically, we considered new kinds of social capital such as social innovation capital and social integration capital as well as traditional social capital classified into structural, relational, and cognitive capital, Where, social innovation and social integration capital represent corporate's social capacity to innovate and corporate social responsibility (CSR). And then we conducted a multiple case study on Yuhan-Kimberly, POSCO, and HIRA. From the result, we identified that CoP activities have a positive effect on social capital and organizational performance.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.113-131
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• 2018

The study is to prove the necessity of librarian as the coordinator for the building and sustenance of "Community of Practice" in public libraries. Therefore, The study reviews literatures and conducts a survey how librarians think of their work from the perspective of CoP. The results of this study are as follows: "Community of Practice(CoP)" is the kind of community composed of "Domain", "Community" and "Practice" for knowledge circulation; The coordinator neither leader in CoP nor manager outside of CoP is necessary to sustain CoP by supporting management of CoP and promoting knowledge sharing; The programs and clubs designed by public librarians are potential CoPs; The potential CoPs turn into the sustainable CoPs when the participants of programs turn into the directors of programs; It means the coordinator of CoP is librarian in case of public libraries.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.103-124
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• 2014

Prior studies on knowledge sharing have concentrated primarily on either organizational or individual characteristics. However, by focusing on the interaction between members in On-line communities of practice (CoPs), we seek to identify and analyze factors that affect knowledge sharing by members in CoPs. Therefore, we examine if the independent variables such as interactivity, followership, and trust have positive impacts on the dependent variables such as commitment to CoPs and intention to share knowledge. In addition, this study also investigates the relationship between commitment to CoP and intention to share knowledge. The empirical results show that interactivity has a positive impact on commitment, but an insignificant impact on intention to share knowledge. Besides, trust between members is significantly associated with intention to share knowledge, whereas it does not have a significant effect on commitment. Moreover, followership is significantly related to both commitment and intention to share knowledge. These empirical findings show that the relationship between members in CoPs play a significant, positive role in intention to share knowledge. In conclusion, this research contributes to shedding a light into both interactions between members in and commitment to CoPs that are critical to facilitate knowledge sharing.

• Digital Contents
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• no.9 s.160
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• pp.96-107
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• 2006

한국데이터베이스 진흥센터는 국내외 지식정보 관련 정책과 유관 산업의 트렌드를 살펴보고, 지식의 생산∙유통∙활용의 단계별 이슈를 진단해 보고자 지식정보 이슈 보고서를 게재한다. 그 첫번째 보고서인 ‘ CoP(Communities of Practice: 학습조직, 학습동아리, 또는지식실행공동체) 활동을 통한 대기업과 중소기업간 지식격차 해소’에서는 국내외 대기업들이 활발히 진행하고 있는 CoP 사례를 분석하고 이를 통해 중소기업이 벤치마킹 할 수있는 실천적 대안을 제시하고자 한다.