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100			_aKoliba, Christopher
245			_aCommunities of practice as an analytical construct: implications for theory and practice
260			_c2009
300			_ap.97-135.
362			_a15 Jan
520			_aThe "community of practice" (CoP) has emerged as a potentially powerful unit of analysis linking the individual and the collective because it situates the role of learning, knowledge transfer, and participation among people as the central enterprise of collective action. The authors' surface tensions and highlight unanswered questions regarding CoP theory, concluding that it relies on a largely normative and under-operationalized set of premises. Avenues for theory development and the empirical testing of assertions are provided. - Reproduced.
650			_aKnowledge management
700			_aGoajda, Rebecca
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a83059
999			_c83059 _d83059