Abstract: Communities of practice are characterized by social association where employees share acquired knowledge. Organizations are increasingly providing Communities of Practice with resources to improve the exchange and flow of knowledge and information. The objective of the study seeks to establish the influence of communities of practice on the performance of universities in Kenya. The study used descriptive research design and a simple random sampling to select a sample of heads of departments from the chartered universities in Kenya. The unit of analysis was the chartered universities in Kenya and the unit of observation 12 chartered universities and the respondents were the heads of department. The study collected data from a sample size of 179 by use of questionnaire. The analysis showed a correlation coefficient of a 0.307 and a coefficient of determination R square (R2) of 0.1554 at a 0.05 significance level. The study concluded that there was a significant relationship between communities of practice and performance of universities. The study recommends that university management should support the communities of practice in order to improve performance of universities. The improved performance gives a university a competitive advantage over the other universities.
Keywords: Communities of practice, Virtua; communities of practice, face to face communities of practice, performance, universities, Organizations.
Title: Influence of Communities of Practices on the Performance of Universities in Kenya
Author: Magdalene Ndeto, Dr. Joyce Nzulwa, Dr. Mary Kamaara, Dr. Kepha Ombui
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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