PMO managers' self-determined participation in a purposeful virtual community-of-practice

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dc.contributor.authorLee-Kelley, Liz
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Neil
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-08T11:49:52Z
dc.date.available2016-12-08T11:49:52Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-03
dc.description.abstractCommunities-of-practice (CoPs) have received significant attention within a variety of literatures but we remain largely ignorant of the potential of purposefully-created CoPs in global organisations. In this context, the challenge is likely to be convincing ‘masters’ (Wenger, 1998) on the merits of joining the conversation on practice at a distance, thus making the willingness for exchange a key to the quality and longevity of the community. We posed the question “Why would busy, dispersed, knowledgeable professionals want to join and participate in a deliberately-organised CoP?” Our 2-year collaborative action study allowed us to observe the CoP and its membership at close range. We conclude that autonomy, competence and belonging underscore participation, co-production and diffusion of innovative problem-solving and practice beyond the CoP. The study will inform organisations contemplating similar interventions and also serves as a basis for further investigation and theory building on organized CoPs by the research community.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationLee-Kelley L, Turner N, PMO managers' self-determined participation in a purposeful virtual community-of-practice, International Journal of Project Management, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2017, Pages 64–77en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0263-7863
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2016.09.014
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11116
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCommunities-of-practiceen_UK
dc.subjectKnowledge-sharingen_UK
dc.subjectPMOen_UK
dc.subjectAction researchen_UK
dc.subjectMotivationen_UK
dc.titlePMO managers' self-determined participation in a purposeful virtual community-of-practiceen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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