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Narrating Your Work: an approach to supporting knowledge sharing in virtual teams

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  • Anoush Margaryan
  • Eleni Boursinou
  • Dane Lukic
  • Hans de Zwart

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We propose an approach to enhancing knowledge sharing and connectedness in distributed teams. Termed ‘Narrating Your Work’ (NYW), the approach involves members of distributed team using a microblogging tool to post regular updates about their current work, accomplishments, and issues. The NYW approach was evaluated within a geographically and temporally distributed team at Shell International for a period of one month, using a mixed-method research design. Methodology comprised of a quantitative survey, followed by semi-structured interviews and analysis of microblogging updates posted during the month in which the approach was being trialled. The evaluation results suggest that NYW was viewed as a valid and practical approach to enhancing knowledge sharing and connectedness. A range of barriers and enablers that could impact the future application and embedding of the approach are identified and recommendations for implementation are outlined.

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  • Anoush Margaryan & Eleni Boursinou & Dane Lukic & Hans de Zwart, 2015. "Narrating Your Work: an approach to supporting knowledge sharing in virtual teams," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(4), pages 391-400, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:13:y:2015:i:4:p:391-400
    DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2013.58
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