Taking part in the debate opposing rigor and relevance in academia, and about the role of scholars in society, this article suggests a heuristic framework for possible knowledge exchange between the figures of practitioners and the figures of researchers. A taxonomy of the modes of knowledge...

This article examines the contribution of the identification process in building up a community of practice. Despite the presence of artefacts and activities typical of the emergence of a common identity, the transformation of the network under study into a community of practice appears...

Referring to the conceptual framework for strategy-as-practice (Whittington 2006, Jarzabkowski et al. 2007), this paper aims at investigating the practioners-practices couple, by analysing the main and recurrent individual characteristics of practitioners and the way they interact with their...

This paper aims at understanding the impact of cultural diversity on co-operative relationships. Co-operation is considered through two different modes : of co-operation. The case of the team in charge of the integration process between France Telecom Mobiles and Orange UK is analysed according...