Knowledge Factors

How to Animate Members of Online Communities to Create Knowledge-Relevant Content
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-3-631-55466-1
Verlag: Lang, Peter GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 231 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 208 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Knowledge is becoming more and more important as an individual good, and as a social and economic resource. The research project outlined in this publication focuses on the question how knowledge processes can be optimally stimulated in the cooperative context of forum-based Online Knowledge Communities (OKCs). Starting point of the research is a literature review and the outline of individual hypotheses on the basis of an interdisciplinary body of research from the fields of computer and management science. Following the literature review, an empirical study is presented and discussed. The empirical part is founded on an Univariate Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)-based calculation of knowledge process contribution values and a Structural Equation Model analysis (SEM)-based hypotheses test of individual factors of impact on individuals’ knowledge process contributions. The publication integrates existing, fragmented research into an integrated model of forum-based collaborative knowledge management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schmitz-Justen, Felix J.

Über Autor(innen)

The Author: Felix J. Schmitz-Justen studied Economics and Computer Science at the University of Heidelberg (Germany), the University of London (United Kingdom), and Sussex University (United Kingdom). From 2000 to 2004 he worked as a research associate at the Fraunhofer-Institute for Media Communication IMK (Germany). He then worked as a research associate at the International University Bremen IUB (Germany) and obtained his doctorate in Information Science in 2005. He is currently continuing his research with a focus on Collaborative Knowledge Management and Lifelong Learning.