Abstract
Wikis are a collaborative technology that allows for new ways of working and sharing knowledge. While most firms today have been experimenting with wikis, an important element of the use of wikis that has generally been ignored is the role of the people who shape the wiki pages. Shapers ensure the sustainability of a wiki community by helping to ensure that new ideas and contributions are made and organized. This panel consists of four practitioners who play critical shaping roles in their wiki communities, and two academics who will begin, moderate, and summarize the session. The panel of practitioners will share their thoughts on why they shape, how they shape, and how other communities can help to encourage participants to adopt the shaping role.
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
- Swiss Federal Institute
- Collaborative Technology
- Shaping Role
- Participative Design Approach
- Conduct Research Study
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 International Federation for Information Processing
About this paper
Cite this paper
Majchrzak, A., Wagner, C., Riehle, D., Thoeny, P., Shah, S., Cunningham, W. (2007). The Role of Shapers in Knowledge-Sharing. In: Crowston, K., Sieber, S., Wynn, E. (eds) Virtuality and Virtualization. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 236. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73025-7_28
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73025-7_28
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-73024-0
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-73025-7
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)