From: General practice training and virtual communities of practice - a review of the literature
Probst and Borzillo Theme | Theme description | Comments supportive of theme | Comments non-supportive of theme | Supportive count | Negative count | Total count |
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Leadership | The organisation can designate leadership roles to motivate community members to collaborate | Andrew 2009, Booth 2007, Tolson 2005, Tolson 2008, Brooks 2006**,Brooks 2006*, Curran 2009, Falkman 2008**, Falkman 2008*, Hara 2007, Ho 2010, Li 2009, Nagy 2006, Penn 2008, Russell 2004, Poissant 2010, Poole 2008, Thomas 2010 | Booth 2007, Sharma 2006, Valaitis 2011, Rolls 2007 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
Objectives | Clear objectives provide members with responsibilities and motivates them to contribute more actively | Andrew 2009, Booth 2007, Falkman 2008**, Falkman 2008*, Hara 2007, Ho 2010, Li 2009, Penn 2005, Russell 2004, Poissant 2010, Poole 2008, Thomas 2010, Rolls 2007, Perotta 2006, Tolson 2005, Tolson 2008 | Brooks 2006*, Nagy 2006 Penn 2005 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
Sponsorship | Senior executives need to provide sponsorship to help communities reach their full potential | Andrew 2009, Booth 2007, Tolson 2008, Brooks 2006**,Brooks 2006*, Russell 2004, Poissant 2010, Poole 2008, Sharma 2006, Thomas 2010, Tolson 2005, Rolls 2007 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
Boundary Spanning | Boundary spanning enables members to engage in internal and external benchmarking practices | Andrew 2009, Booth 2007,Falkman 2008*, Tolson 2008, Tolson 2005, Curran 2009, Ho 2010, Penn 2008, Russell 2004, Poole 2008, Poissant 2010, Rolls 2007,Thomas 2010 | Andrew 2009, Perrotta 2006, Valaitis 2011 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
Risk-free environment | COPs should be used as an especially valuable opportunity to express and test ideas in an informal and risk-free environment, thus requiring a strong degree of safety and intimacy between members | Tolson 2005,Tolson 2008, Brooks 2006*, Hara 2007, Nagy 2006, Penn 2008, Sharma 2006 | Penn 2008, Valaitis 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Measurements | Empirical evidence suggests the use of measurements to assess the value of communities of practice | Andrew 2009, Booth 2007, Tolson 2008, Brooks 2006*, Curran 2009, Hara 2007 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
Technology *** | Technology enablers (points supportive of this theme) and barriers (points against this theme) | Andrew 2009, Falkman 2008**, Falkman 2008*, Booth 2007, Tolson 2005,Tolson 2008, Brooks 2006**, Brooks 2006 *, Hara 2007, Ho 2010, Nagy 2006, Penn 2008, Russell 2004, Poole 2008, Sharma 2006, Valaitis 2011, Rolls 2007, Poissant 2010, | Andrew 2009, Brooks 2006**, Brooks 2006*, Curran 2009, Sharma 2006, Tolson 2005, Valaitis 2011 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
Community *** | Points which build community (supportive) and reduce community (against) | Booth 2007, Poissant 2010, Thomas 2010, Falkman 2008*, Brooks 2006**, Brooks 2006*, Poissant 2010, Rolls 2007, Curran 2009, Hara 2007, Ho 2010, Li 2009, Nagy 2006, Penn 2008, Russell 2004, Thomas 2010, Perotta 2006, Poole 2008, Tolson 2005, Tolson 2008 | Hara 2007, Sharma 2006 | 19 | 2 | 21 |