A Glimpse into the Virtual Community of Practice (CoP): Knowledge Sharing in the Wikipedia Community

IF 0.8 Q4 BUSINESS, FINANCE

Asian Journal of Business and Accounting Pub Date : 2018-12-19 DOI:10.22452/AJBA.VOL11NO2.8

Berto Usman, Yennita Y

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Abstract

Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: This paper aims to revisit the concept of the virtual community of practice among undergraduates in Italy and Indonesia. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study employs a quantitative approach to retrieve data from a questionnaire survey. Data are collected from undergraduate students of the business faculty from the University of Padua, Italy and the University of Bengkulu, Indonesia. Based on a systematic sampling method, the questionnaires are distributed through several social media platforms such as WhatsApp, e-mail, Messenger and Facebook. Analysis is conducted via Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Research findings: The findings highlight that Wikipedia characteristics and member promotion, community trust and community identification are found to be positively related to knowledge sharing intention. There is insubstantial evidence to demonstrate the significant effect of community participation on knowledge sharing intention.Theoretical contribution/Originality: This study expands on existing literature on virtual community of practice by offering a comparative analysis of two different samples from Italy and Indonesia. Practitioner/Policy implications: The findings of this study suggest that virtual communities of practice are important vehicles of knowledge sharing in universities. However, many approaches need to be taken in order to ensure that the distribution and circulation of knowledge is properly conducted among members so as to sustain the dynamics of knowledge sharing in the community of practice. Research limitation: Future research needs to emphasise on collecting data from diverse respondents in different geographical settings so as to increase the generalisability of the findings. Keywords: Wikipedia, Community of Practice, Virtual Community Outcomes, Knowledge SharingJEL Classification: O30, O32, O35

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虚拟实践社区(CoP)的一瞥:维基百科社区中的知识共享

手稿类型：研究论文研究目的：本文旨在重新审视意大利和印度尼西亚本科生虚拟实践社区的概念。设计/方法/方法：本研究采用定量方法从问卷调查中检索数据。数据收集自意大利帕多瓦大学和印度尼西亚明古鲁大学商学院的本科生。基于系统抽样方法，问卷通过WhatsApp、电子邮件、Messenger和Facebook等多个社交媒体平台分发。通过结构方程建模（SEM）进行分析。研究结果：研究结果表明，维基百科的特征和成员推广、社区信任和社区认同与知识共享意愿呈正相关。没有确凿的证据表明社区参与对知识共享意愿的显著影响。理论贡献/独创性：本研究通过对意大利和印度尼西亚的两个不同样本进行比较分析，扩展了现有关于虚拟实践社区的文献。从业者/政策含义：这项研究的结果表明，虚拟实践社区是大学知识共享的重要工具。然而，需要采取许多方法，以确保在成员之间正确分配和传播知识，从而维持实践界知识共享的动力。研究局限性：未来的研究需要强调从不同地理环境中的不同受访者那里收集数据，以提高研究结果的普遍性。关键词：维基百科，实践社区，虚拟社区成果，知识共享JEL分类：O30，O32，O35

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Asian Journal of Business and Accounting BUSINESS, FINANCE-

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