Establishing a community of practice : from outsiders to insiders

dc.contributor.authorVan Rensburg, Gisela H.
dc.contributor.authorBotma, Yvonne
dc.contributor.authorHeyns, Tanya
dc.contributor.authorCoetzee, Isabella M.
dc.contributor.emailtanya.heyns@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-08T05:04:10Z
dc.date.available2016-08-08T05:04:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractA shared interest in scholarship of teaching and learning between three academics/ researchers stimulated the establishment of a community of practice. The spontaneous formation of the group developed into a formal and functioning CoP. The aim of this article is to explore the transformation of a group of nursing academics who started as outsiders in a support group to becoming insiders in a community of practice. A single intrinsic longitudinal case study design within a theory of action was used to illuminate and explicate the experiences of participants during the development (analytical frame) of a community of practice (object). Four themes were identified from the four construct bins, namely shared domain of interest, informal network, formal work group and community of practice. A true sense of belonging with concrete academic and research-related outcomes and a shared vision statement and values and beliefs clarification for sustainability characterizes the flourishing group.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentNursing Scienceen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_genbeh.htmlen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Rensburg, GH, Henys, T, Botma, Y & Coetzee, IM 2016, 'Establishing a community of practice : from outsiders to insiders', Gender and Behaviour, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1028-7039.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1596-9231
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56231
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherIFE Center for Psychological Studiesen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 Ife Centre for Psychological Studies/Services, Ile-Ife, Nigeriaen_ZA
dc.subjectCommunity of practiceen_ZA
dc.subjectInformal networken_ZA
dc.subjectFormal work groupen_ZA
dc.subjectCollaborationen_ZA
dc.titleEstablishing a community of practice : from outsiders to insidersen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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