Organisational Structure, Community of Practice and Patient Safety

Yong-Mi Kim () and Donna Newby-Bennett ()
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Yong-Mi Kim: School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma, 4502 E. 41st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135, USA
Donna Newby-Bennett: Quality Resource Management, Oklahoma State University Medical Center, 744 W. 9th Street, Tulsa, OK 74127, USA

Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), 2012, vol. 11, issue 04, 1-7

Abstract: Knowledge sharing has been proposed as one of the most effective ways to reduce medical errors, yet research on knowledge sharing with regard to patient safety is sparse. Because employees' knowledge behaviours are enabled or constrained by organisational structures, knowledge sharing can be nurtured or suppressed by organisational structures such as rules and policies. As such, this study integrated organisational structure into the concept of community of practice (CoP) and holistically investigated knowledge sharing with regard to patient safety in the healthcare industry.

Keywords: Community of practice; knowledge sharing; organizational structure; patient safety; healthcare industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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