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IMPACT OF COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE COPS ON INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS AND SOCIOCOLLABORATIVE CULTURE IN BALOCHISTAN

18 Pages : 174-185

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).18      10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).18      Published : Dec 2021

Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan

    Foundations of Higher Education (HE), public and private, are going through a critical state while going through subsidizing or funding cuts, educational cost increments, and layoffs. An all-encompassing methodology is fundamental whereby greatness in instructing and learning just as research examination ought to be a definitive point of the objective. Among the different approaches to accomplish this is the advancement of communities of practices (CoPs) among the scholastic academics. In this manner, CoPs are to be viewed as an extension of any program to accomplish excellence because it is the sharing of the tacit knowledge that impacts any association in its interest for a competitive advantage. This research examination presents that CoPs positively influence creating academic linkages/collisions with different other universities of the region for knowledge-sharing. It explains the overall impact of CoPs on building collisions among universities. The explorative research study follows a mixed-method approach with qualitative and quantitative research design. However, the research examination concludes that CoP impacts the cycle of knowledge sharing by creating and overseeing linkages among universities to advance explorative research culture and innovation. In light of the findings, the research investigation suggests further skylines for comparative exploratory research relating to the transfer of knowledge and barriers in knowledge sharing for CoPs inside institutions and organizations.

    Knowledge Management, Community of Practice, Academic Alliance, Research Partnership, Research Collaborative Environment, Socio-collaborative Culture
    (1) Ghazala Yaqoob
    MS Scholar, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Saubia Ramzan
    Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Business and IT, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
    (3) Nagina Gul
    Assistant Professor of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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    APA : Yaqoob, G., Ramzan, S., & Gul, N. (2021). Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VI(IV), 174-185. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).18
    CHICAGO : Yaqoob, Ghazala, Saubia Ramzan, and Nagina Gul. 2021. "Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VI (IV): 174-185 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).18
    HARVARD : YAQOOB, G., RAMZAN, S. & GUL, N. 2021. Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VI, 174-185.
    MHRA : Yaqoob, Ghazala, Saubia Ramzan, and Nagina Gul. 2021. "Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VI: 174-185
    MLA : Yaqoob, Ghazala, Saubia Ramzan, and Nagina Gul. "Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VI.IV (2021): 174-185 Print.
    OXFORD : Yaqoob, Ghazala, Ramzan, Saubia, and Gul, Nagina (2021), "Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan", Global Educational Studies Review, VI (IV), 174-185
    TURABIAN : Yaqoob, Ghazala, Saubia Ramzan, and Nagina Gul. "Impact of Community of Practice (COPs) on Inter-University Research Partnerships and Socio-Collaborative Culture in Balochistan." Global Educational Studies Review VI, no. IV (2021): 174-185. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-IV).18