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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 453-471 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Management Learning |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 22 Mar 2010 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2010 |
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Keywords
- collaborative learning
- network learning
- knowledge management
- interorganizational collaboration
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Barriers to process learning: authority and anomie in regional clusters. / Hibbert, P.; Huxham, C.; Sydow, J.; Lerch, G.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to process learning: authority and anomie in regional clusters
AU - Hibbert, P.
AU - Huxham, C.
AU - Sydow, J.
AU - Lerch, G.
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - In this paper we consider the nature and implications of barriers to collaborative process learning that may occur in regional clusters. Our approach is rooted in research and interorganizational collaboration and focuses on interview-based research in photonics clusters in: Scotland and the West Midlands in the United Kingdom; Berlin-Brandenburg in Germany; and Arizona in the United States of America. From this research we develop characterizations of the barriers to collaborative process learning in clusters at three levels of analysis - the macro, micro and meso levels. We also develop an integrated conceptualization of these barriers, which reveals a difficult tension between 'authority' and 'anomie'. This tension has implications for the management of process learning, but also connects with recent debate about whether learning is most helpfully understood as an individual or collective process.
AB - In this paper we consider the nature and implications of barriers to collaborative process learning that may occur in regional clusters. Our approach is rooted in research and interorganizational collaboration and focuses on interview-based research in photonics clusters in: Scotland and the West Midlands in the United Kingdom; Berlin-Brandenburg in Germany; and Arizona in the United States of America. From this research we develop characterizations of the barriers to collaborative process learning in clusters at three levels of analysis - the macro, micro and meso levels. We also develop an integrated conceptualization of these barriers, which reveals a difficult tension between 'authority' and 'anomie'. This tension has implications for the management of process learning, but also connects with recent debate about whether learning is most helpfully understood as an individual or collective process.
KW - collaborative learning
KW - network learning
KW - knowledge management
KW - interorganizational collaboration
U2 - 10.1177/1350507609355125
DO - 10.1177/1350507609355125
M3 - Article
VL - 41
SP - 453
EP - 471
JO - Management Learning
JF - Management Learning
SN - 1350-5076
IS - 4
ER -