[Review of:] Widén-Wulff, Gunilla: The Challenges of Knowledge Sharing in Practice: A Social Approach. Oxford: Chandos, 2007. xvii, 211 S., ISBN 978-1-84334-284-7, 978-1-84334-285-4

Oberhauser, Otto [Review of:] Widén-Wulff, Gunilla: The Challenges of Knowledge Sharing in Practice: A Social Approach. Oxford: Chandos, 2007. xvii, 211 S., ISBN 978-1-84334-284-7, 978-1-84334-285-4., 2007 [Review]

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English abstract

Book review of Widén-Wulff, Gunilla: The Challenges of Knowledge Sharing in Practice: A Social Approach. Oxford: Chandos, 2007. xvii, 211 p., ISBN 978-1-84334-284-7 (pbk), 978-1-84334-285-4 (hbk). The authors presents an analysis of information and knowledge sharing in institutions, using "social capital" as the theoretical framework, and two case studies from Finland.

German abstract

Buchbesprechung von Widén-Wulff, Gunilla: The Challenges of Knowledge Sharing in Practice: A Social Approach. Oxford: Chandos, 2007. xvii, 211 S., ISBN 978-1-84334-284-7 (broschiert), 978-1-84334-285-4 (gebunden). In diesem Buch wird der theoretische Ansatz "Sozialkapital" als Rahmen für die Analyse der Informationsprozesse im Unternehmen, anhand von zwei Fallstudien aus Finnland, herangezogen.

Item type: Review
Keywords: Informationsaustausch, Wissensaustausch, Wissensmanagement, Institution, Sozialkapital, Fallstudie, Finnland, information sharing, knowledge sharing, knowledge management, institutional context, social capital, case study, Finland
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BH. Information needs and information requirements analysis.
F. Management. > FZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user: Otto Oberhauser
Date deposited: 27 Nov 2007
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:10
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/10749

References

Sawyer, S. (2005). Social informatics: Overview, principles and opportunities. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 31(5). http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-05/sawyer.html [28.10.2007]

Johnson, C. A. (2005). Nan Lin’s theory of social capital. In: K. Fisher et al., eds., Theories of information behavior. Medford, NJ: Information Today. 323–327.


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