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

Usman, Berto; Yennita, Y

doi:10.22452/ajba.vol11no2.8

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“…Petrushyna, Klamma and Jarke (2014) analysed IDV differences in 13 European and Asian language versions, researching the involvement of registered and anonymous users in the Wikipedia content creation. Usman and Yennita (2018) used surveys to examine differences between the groups of Italian and Indonesian Wikipedia users and their levels of involvement in Wikipedia usage. Their results have shown that the users recruiting from a collectivist Indonesian culture are more eager to promote their own community and have a stronger intent to share knowledge than the Wikipedians representing a more individualist Italian culture.…”

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Knowledge Sharing Co-operative Structures: The Case of WikiProjects

Kukowska

2022

ECKM

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The effects of cooperation that may be observed based on voluntary activities of a global institution online like Wikipedia illustrate the social potential arising from the spontaneous need for activity. The basic activity of a Wikipedia user by way of assumption comes down to the creation of verbal content. The maintenance of high quality in the contents presented through controlling their verifiability is already a multi-faceted form of cooperation. The quintessence of such cooperation is the organization of Wikipedia users around internal WikiProjects. The research presented in the paper aimed to verify the magnitude of WikiProjects from the viewpoint of the number of users of Wikipedia, the most frequent number of participants of WikiProjects, and their compliance with the numeracy of groups and communities in the notion of Dunbar. Moreover, it was assumed that the number of WikiProjects in a given language version, while also the number of their participants is associated with the indicator of individualism-collectivism (IDV) according to Hofstede. The method applied was the analysis of entries of the activities in WikiProjects, as well as the number of their participants. The research has shown that WikiProjects, as groups of Wikipedians working as a team, show a similarity to the layered community formation proposed by Dunbar. A positive correlation was also found between IDV and the number of WikiProjects for individual language versions. A high IDV mainly relates to countries with a high GDP per capita. In these countries, we are dealing with a developed IT infrastructure. The high level of participation in WikiProjects with a high IDV may also be motivated by the desire to build user’s position, as well as the desire to have an impact on the community as individuals. WikiProjects may fulfil the function of clubs, in which participants may try to build their autonomy in terms of activities to a certain extent, regardless of the entire system in which they operate. WikiProjects as a group of Wikipedia users working as a team indicate the similarity to the tiered creation of communities proposed by Dunbar.

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Knowledge Sharing Co-operative Structures: The Case of WikiProjects

Kukowska

2022

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Why We Share: A Systematic Review of Knowledge-Sharing Intentions on Social Media

Hu,

Noor

2024

Behavioral Sciences

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Social media’s potential for knowledge dissemination is under-utilized due to limited user participation. This study systematically reviews factors affecting knowledge-sharing intentions on social platforms using the ROSES protocol. We searched Scopus and Web of Science for quality, relevance, and rigor, finding that 65% of the articles shared were published in high-quality journals (Q1 or Q2), with the Journal of Knowledge Management accounting for 15%. Since 2015, 62.5% of research has been published, highlighting increased activity. Quantitative methods dominated (95%), with Zhihu being the most studied platform. We identified four key themes—psychological, technological, environmental, and social—covering 47 determinants centered on trust and attitude, primarily based on individual and social behavior theories. This is the first systematic exploration of elements influencing knowledge-sharing intentions on social media, providing insights to enhance user interaction and guide social media strategies in knowledge-centric organizations.

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

Cited by 2 publications

References 42 publications

Knowledge Sharing Co-operative Structures: The Case of WikiProjects

Knowledge Sharing Co-operative Structures: The Case of WikiProjects

Why We Share: A Systematic Review of Knowledge-Sharing Intentions on Social Media

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