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2016 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

4. Social Media and Employee Affiliation: Networks of Practice as New Supra-Organizational Entities

verfasst von : Mladen Čudanov, Kathrin Kirchner

Erschienen in: Innovations in Knowledge Management

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

Through social media, companies can apply new forms of communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. Employees rely more and more on web communities of practice that share the same experiences and interests, instead of getting input from colleagues. This paper discusses perceived changes in employee affiliation as caused by social media usage by company employees. An empirical evaluation surveyed 316 employees from 49 companies in southeastern Europe. Results indicate that employees who use social media regularly have greater perceived changes in affiliation, with this affiliation more related toward online communities of practice. Our findings can contribute towards developing a more elaborated model of the relationships between employee sense of affiliation and social media usage. This study is among the first to discuss organizational changes caused by social media in companies, namely their influence on changes in affiliation.

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Metadaten
Titel
Social Media and Employee Affiliation: Networks of Practice as New Supra-Organizational Entities
verfasst von
Mladen Čudanov
Kathrin Kirchner
Copyright-Jahr
2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Buch
Innovations in Knowledge Management

Print ISBN: 978-3-662-47826-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-47827-1

Copyright-Jahr: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47827-1_4