In Search for a Common Ground: An Empirical Derived Model of the Formation of Common Ground among Voluntary Exchange Relation |
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Authors: | Anli Ataov Svein-Tore Kristiansen |
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Institution: | 1. Department of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey;2. Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet—Work Research Institute, Oslo, Norway |
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Abstract: | Knowledge generation is one of the main forces in collaboration, because people connect to each other in such a process under the spell of the collective knowledge constructed through conversation. The process of collective knowledge construction itself becomes a conversational process. We argue that such a process transforms underorganized exchange relations into organized group action when a common ground is built upon a shared meaning. To illustrate this, we present two cases of collaborative processes: the strategic planning process of Ankara in Turkey and the inter-firm network formation of electronics and software industries in Vestfold County in Norway. |
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