scholarly journals Talanoa moe vā: Pacific knowledge-sharing and changing sociocultural spaces during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Ruth Faleolo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Research Context ◽  
Physical Spaces

This paper is a consideration of how the method/methodology of talanoa and vā, can be used online by Pacific researchers to respond to the current pandemic’s effect on the traditional face-to-face physical spaces used for knowledge-sharing. The following discussion examines and explores the two concepts: talanoa and vā. It is important to understand how these research approaches work in a multi-sited research context, particularly when travel regulations and social distancing rules require Pacific researchers and their informants to keep physically apart. Virtual sociocultural spaces have become increasingly important to Pacific knowledge-sharing. As a Pacific researcher, I share my thoughts on talanoa and vā and how these concepts have been transferred online in previous research (2015–2019) and more recently, during COVID-19.

scholarly journals Resilient Research in the Field: Insights and Lessons From Adapting Qualitative Research Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110161
Author(s):  
Syahirah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Lauren Tuckerman ◽  
Tim Vorley ◽  
Cristian Gherhes
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
Digital Methods

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen the implementation of unprecedented social distancing measures, restricting social interaction and with it the possibility for conducting face-to-face qualitative research. This paper provides lessons from a series of qualitative research projects that were adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure their continuation and completion. By reflecting on our experiences and discussing the opportunities and challenges presented by crises to the use of a number of qualitative research methods, we provide a series of insights and lessons for proactively building resilience into the qualitative research process. We show that reflexivity, responsiveness, adaptability, and flexibility ensured continuity in the research projects and highlighted distinct advantages to using digital methods, providing lessons beyond the COVID-19 context. The paper concludes with reflections on research resilience and adaptation during crises.

Budaya Komunikasi Virtual Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 (Studi Kasus Pembelajaran Daring di UIN Walisongo Semarang)

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Fitri Ariana Putri
Keyword(s):  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Skype For Business

<em>Budaya komunikasi virtual sebagai suatu kebiasaan baru yang dillakukan pada masa pandemic covid-19 secara virtual atau tidak langsung dengan melalui media sosial. Dalam dunia virtual CMC (Computer Mediatied Communication) seseorang dapat saling berinteraksi meskipun tidak dalam lokasi yang sama, namun ekspresi, emosi seseorang tidak terwakilkan seluruhnya karena proses komunikasi hanya melalui layar (face-to screen). Adanya pandemi Covid-19 dinilai mengubah pola komunikasi masyarakat. Dimana komunikasi yang biasanya dapat dilakukan secara tatap muka, kini harus dilakukan secara virtual karena adanya kebijakan social distancing dari pemerintah. cara berkomunikasi tidak hanya bisa dilakukan dengan face to face saja. Akan tetapi dapat dilakukan secara virtual untuk memudahkan dan memanfaatkan adanya media sosial yang ada. Dalam penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan pendekatan library research. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui budaya komunikasi virtual pada masa pandemi Covid-19. Dan hasil dari temuan ini media komunikasi virtual yang sering digunakan dalam agenda rapat ataupun pembelajaran pada masa pandemi Covid-19 seperti zoom, skype for business dan gotomeetings.</em>

scholarly journals The Reality and Trends of Knowledge Sharing among the Students of Mardin University of Turkey: واقع واتجاهات التشارك بالمعرفة بين طلاب جامعة ماردين التركية

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daoud Suleiman Mohammed - Omar Mohamed Darra
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Search Process ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Value Of Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Language ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
The University

   The research aimed to identify the reality and attitude of Mardin university students about knowledge sharing, in addition to identifying channels which students preferred it to sharing knowledge, the motivations that guide students to share knowledge, and the main obstacles that impede the process of sharing knowledge. The research focused on colleges that adopt Arabic as a basic teaching language, the analytical descriptive approach was adopted in this research, a questionnaire was designed based on previous studies to measure the attitudes of students about the process of sharing knowledge, And distributed to (235) students. The results showed that the most important sources of students to obtain their information are course teachers with an average of 3.95. But overall the search process was low, and the aim of most students from knowledge sharing was to clarify and discuss the exam issues by (3.78). The references which course teachers are provided them were the most widely used tools by (3.72), It turns out that students tend to share their knowledge face-to-face by (4.14), but about the attitudes of university students, most of them were aware the value of knowledge and their sharing it, and they considered that helps to improve the process of education by (4.16), and most of them encourage knowledge sharing and consider it good by(4.36). The study also presented a set of recommendations that would contribute to improving the process of sharing knowledge among students in the university institution.

ENDOGENOUS SOCIAL DISTANCING AND CONTAINMENT POLICIES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

2021 ◽  
Vol 257 ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Adriani ◽  
Dan Ladley
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Network Formation ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Formation Theory ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Underlying Network

Can smart containment policies crowd out private efforts at social distancing? We analyse this question from the perspective of network formation theory. We focus in particular on the role of externalities in social distancing choices. We also look at how these choices are affected by factors such as the agents’ risk perception, the speed of the policy intervention, the structure of the underlying network and the presence of strategic complementarities. We argue that crowding out is a problem when the probability that an outbreak may spread undetected is relatively high (either because testing is too infrequent or because tests are highly inaccurate). This is also the case where the choice of relaxing social distancing generates the largest negative externalities. Simulations on a real-world network suggest that crowding out is more likely to occur when, in the absence of interventions, face-to-face contacts are perceived to carry relatively high risk.

Knowledge Management in Agile Methods Context

2014 ◽  
pp. 1675-1709
Author(s):  
Zaidoun Alzoabi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Agile Methods ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Informal Knowledge ◽  
Extensive Documentation ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Management Techniques

Agile methods are characterized with flexibility, reliance on tacit knowledge, and face to face communication in contrast to traditional methods that rely on explicit knowledge sharing mechanism, extensive documentation, and formal means of communication. In this chapter, the authors will have a look at the knowledge management techniques used in different software development processes with focus on agile methods. Then they will test the claim of more informal knowledge sharing and see the mechanisms used to exchange and document knowledge. The test is on the basis of a survey conducted by Scott Ambler in 2009, where he surveyed over 300 agile practitioners asking them about mechanisms used and in which context every mechanism is applied.

Learning Processes in Impact Communities

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-44
Author(s):  
Lídia Oliveira ◽  
Ana Luísa Rego Melro
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
New Challenges

Engagement processes are facing a lot of challenges since the boom of the IT. This is true when there is a face-to-face engagement process, but also when the ties are mostly virtual. Nowadays, access to social networks, platforms for content posting and sharing (blogs, wikis, etc.), and for collaborative work are changing the way people engage. Those tools have enriched the processes, but also initiated new challenges. Knowledge sharing and transfer are processes that occur when several factors are combined. One of them, and the most important, is the existence of human critical mass capable of thinking the world and finding ways of changing it for the better, in this specific case social entrepreneurship. The authors studied a pilot of an impact community, its path, and the challenges it has faced. They also implemented four interviews to specialists in the areas of networks, social entrepreneurship, and learning.

Impact of Chinese Culture Values on Knowledge Sharing Through Online Communities of Practice

2009 ◽  
pp. 1101-1114
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Alexandre Ardichvili ◽  
Martin Maurer ◽  
Tim Wentling ◽  
Reed Stuedemann
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Multinational Organization ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
Online Communities Of Practice ◽  
High Degree

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how national (Chinese) cultural factors influence knowledge sharing behavior in virtual communities of practice at a large U.S.-based multinational organization. The data in this study come from interviews with the company’s employees in China, and managers who are involved in managing knowledge-sharing initiatives. The study results suggest that overall the influence of the national culture could be less pronounced in online knowledge sharing than what the literature has suggested. Although Chinese employees’ tendency to draw sharp distinctions between in-groups and out-groups, as well as the modesty requirements were barriers to knowledge sharing online, the issue of saving face was less important than expected, and attention paid to power and hierarchy seemed to be less critical than what the literature indicated. A surprising finding was that in the initially assumed collectivistic Chinese culture, the high degree of competitiveness among employees and job security concerns seem to override the collectivistic tendencies and are the main reasons for knowledge hoarding. The reasons for unexpected findings could be associated with differences between face-to-face and online knowledge sharing environments, the influence of the company’s organizational culture, and the recent rapid changes of the overall Chinese cultural patterns.

Consumer Impetuosity in M-Commerce

2016 ◽  
pp. 84-105
Author(s):  
Natasha Patricia Bojorges Moctezuma
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Impulse Buying ◽  
Personal Traits ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Impulsive Buying ◽  
Holistic Process ◽  
Physical Spaces

Existing research on impulsive buying focuses mainly on goods displayed in physical spaces and services delivered face to face. This paper aims to present a novel approach to analyze the impulsiveness on purchase through mobile devices by the development of a reliable and valid scale of impulsiveness in the context of mobile commerce, also known as m-commerce. To achieve the aforementioned research purpose, this paper views impulsiveness in m-commerce as a holistic process encompassing personal traits, stimulus level, and, product attributes to understand the motivational, emotional, and cognitive factors underlying the impulse buying journey and purchase decision on the basis of a scale to measure the construct. The paper concludes with a discussion on its conceptual and managerial contributions and interesting directions for future research.

Older Adults, Social Technologies, and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Challenges, Strengths, and Strategies for Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512094816
Author(s):  
Ryan C. Moore ◽  
Jeffrey T. Hancock
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Social Technologies ◽  
Additional Challenge

COVID-19 is a threat to everyone’s health but can be especially devastating to older individuals. To prevent spread of the virus, social distancing has become the norm worldwide. However, with social distancing comes significantly less face-to-face interaction, which may be particularly harmful to older adults given their existing levels of loneliness. While social technologies can be used to provide critical social interaction during this time of necessary physical distancing, older adults tend to either lack access to these technologies or the skills and experience necessary to use them effectively. Once online, older adults face the additional challenge of being outsized targets of misinformation and scams, both of which abound in the context of COVID-19. In this essay, we discuss the challenges faced by older adults in their use of digital media for social connection in the present pandemic, as well as highlight some of the population’s untapped strengths which can be leveraged to help them live prosperous online lives. Finally, we provide recommendations for actions which key stakeholders can take to support older adults in this pursuit.

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