Situated learning in legal firms: a case study Caillard, Georgina 2015, Situated learning in legal firms: a case study, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Management, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads caillard-situatedlearning-2015A.pdf Connect to thesis application/pdf 2.28MB 275 Title Situated learning in legal firms: a case study Author Caillard, Georgina Institution Deakin University School Department of Management Faculty Faculty of Business & Law Degree type Research doctorate Degree name Ph.D. Thesis advisor Wolfram Cox Julie Waddell Dianne Couchman, Paul Zutshi Ambika orcid.org/0000-0002-0982-5303 Date submitted 2015-09 Keyword(s) legal firm communities of practice organisational learning new knowledge change newcomers power relationships Summary Utilising the frame of communities of practice, this case study of a mid-tier legal firm revealed a tendency for newcomers to reproduce the knowledge of their supervisors. However, new knowledge was introduced frequently without disturbing power structures resulting in highly traditional organisations that also dealt easily with change and novelty. Language eng Field of Research 150301 Business Information Management (incl Records, Knowledge and Information Management, and Intelligence) 150310 Organisation and Management Theory 150311 Organisational Behaviour Socio Economic Objective 930102 Learner and Learning Processes Description of original xi, 324 pages : illustrations, tables Copyright notice ©The Author. All Rights Reserved Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30079710 Document type: Thesis Collections: Higher degree theses (Open Access) Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 20 Nov 2015, 13:57:26 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2015, 08:13:48 EST Wed, 02 Dec 2015, 11:02:16 EST Wed, 02 Dec 2015, 11:03:32 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 07:18:02 EST Thu, 09 Mar 2017, 09:10:24 EST Tue, 31 Jul 2018, 15:33:20 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 18:54:47 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 121 Abstract Views, 280 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 20 Nov 2015, 13:57:13 EST by Prue Plummer