Social brokerage behind knowledge sharing

Fang Ling Lin; Guey Fa Chiou

doi:10.1109/ASONAM.2011.35

Social brokerage behind knowledge sharing

Fang Ling Lin^*, Guey Fa Chiou

^*Corresponding author for this work

Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education

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Abstract

This study explored the implicit brokerage positions of social network behind knowledge sharing and demonstrated applicability to researches of community of practices. A concept of knowledge brokerage was proposed on the basis of the theory of social brokerage, and hypotheses were developed to verify the relational properties of brokerage opportunities. Social network analysis (SNA) was applied to conduct the egocentric network surveys and related analyses. Several new ways of evaluating the performance of knowledge sharing have been developed. The results verified the usability of brokerage as indicators of knowledge sharing. The results also can reveal efficiencies and deficiencies in knowledge dissemination among members of communities. These findings hold relevance for studies on the information technology practices of other professionals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011
Pages	605-610
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASONAM.2011.35
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan Duration: 2011 Jul 25 → 2011 Jul 27

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Name	Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011

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Other	2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Kaohsiung
Period	2011/07/25 → 2011/07/27

Keywords

Community of practice
Knowledge sharing
Social brokerage
Social network analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Social brokerage behind knowledge sharing. / Lin, Fang Ling; Chiou, Guey Fa.
Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011. 2011. p. 605-610 5992644 (Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011).

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Lin, FL & Chiou, GF 2011, Social brokerage behind knowledge sharing. in Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011., 5992644, Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011, pp. 605-610, 2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2011, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2011/07/25. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASONAM.2011.35

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