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A taxonomy of individual learning benefits from external knowledge‐sharing meetings
Author(s) -
Vance Charles M.,
Boje David M.,
Mendenhall Mark E.,
Kropp H. Richard
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.3920020107
Subject(s) - terminology , knowledge management , psychology , competence (human resources) , knowledge sharing , cognition , taxonomy (biology) , knowledge base , social psychology , computer science , world wide web , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , botany , biology
Several knowledge‐sharing and problem‐solving roundtable groups, composed primarily of marketing executives from Fortune 500 companies, were studied through participant observation, analysis of audiotapes of the meetings, and unstructured follow‐up interviews. Ten categories of potential learning benefit were identified through theme analysis: (1) new knowledge, (2) conditions for discovery and insight, (3) colleague resource networks, (4) awareness of information resources, (5) broad knowledge base, (6) new cognitive skills, (7) definition and clarification of terminology, (8) confirmation of thought, (9) awareness of knowledge deficits, and (10) self‐comparison of professional competence. These ten benefits were then classified into three major domains (information access, cognitive development outcomes, and self‐evaluation) and analyzed for taxonomy development.