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This thesis is focused on the research question:

The analysis is segmented into four essential debates: II.1) Organizational learning, II.2) Development of best practices, II.3) Sharing best practices, and II.4) Communities of practice, which are all interlinked.

This chapter is segmented into two sections: III.1 presents the research model and an explanation of how it was built with regard to existing theory, while III.2 describes the development and presentation of the research hypotheses related to the model.

This chapter presents the approach that the research at hand followed in four sections: first, placing it at the , and situating it within the poles of two paradigms: the and the approaches (section IV.1); thereafter it addresses epistemological concerns regarding knowledge being generated from observations (section IV.2). Indeed, what emerges from the work of Guba/Lincoln (1994) is that the choice of the research approach depends on what kind of insights the researcher expects to draw from his study (epistemological concerns). Consequently, researchers who place themselves in a positivist paradigm most often adopt a approach, whereas those adepts at constructivism choose research methods to conduct their study.

This chapter presents the results of the investigation, and is divided into two sets of findings: V.1) three “successful” configurations (or patterns) of CoPs (from the 39 “successful” CoPs), and V.2) an understanding of the of success of each one of these 6 factors and their positive impact on best practice development and sharing within the CoPs. Each set of research findings (V.1 and V.2) is followed by a discussion on the findings.