Table 1.

Wegner’s Indicators for the Presence of a Community of Practice [15].

1. Sustained mutual relationships- harmonious or conflictual

2. Shared ways of engaging in doing things together

3.The rapid flow of information and propagation of innovation

4. Absence of introductory preambles, as if conversations were merely the continuation of an ongoing process

5. Very quick setup of a problem to be discussed

6. Substantial overlap in participants’ descriptions of who belongs

7. Knowing what others know, what they could do, and how they could contribute to an enterprise

8. Mutually identifying identities

9. The ability to assess the appropriateness of actions and products

10. Specific tools, representations, and other artifacts

11. Local lore, shared stories, inside jokes, knowing laughter

12. Jargon and shortcuts to communication as well as the ease of producing new ones

13. Certain styles recognized as displaying membership expressions.

14. A shared discourse reflecting a certain perspective on the world