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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821949203321

Titolo

VINE . Volume 41, Number 1 Knowledge sharing and virtual communities from the International Conference on Knowledge Management 2009 / / guest editors: Eric Tsui and Johann Kinghorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bradford, UK], : Emerald, 2011

ISBN

1-283-07160-6

9786613071606

0-85724-934-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (91 p.)

Collana

VINE ; ; v. 41, no. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

TsuiEric

KinghornJ

Disciplina

658.4/038

Soggetti

Knowledge management

Shared virtual environments

Virtual reality

Information storage and retrieval systems

Library science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The journal of information and knowledge management systems".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Editorial advisory board -- Note from the publisher -- Guest editorial -- Intensive knowledge sharing: Finnish Laurea lab case study -- Finding KM solutions for a volunteer-based non-profit organization -- Knowledge sharing in immersive virtual communities of practice -- Enhancement of healthcare quality using clinical-pathways activities -- Social motives polarity and its impact on knowledge sharing -- Awards for Excellence.

Sommario/riassunto

The international conference on Knowledge Management in 2009 (ICKM) was held in Hong Kong. The papers chosen from the event focus on the growing recognition that knowledge management is socially constructed and how offering motivations can foster a positive sense of community, yielding a higher level of knowledge sharing, especially in virtual environments. Some of the articles chosen from the conference include case studies on designing a conceptual model for a virtual community of practice for knowledge sharing, supporting and



developing knowledge sharing in immersive virtual worlds and also a valuable case study on creating a knowledge strategies for non-profit organizations. In total five papers in this e-book contribute to the growing development of Knowledge Management.