Are age-related differences in episodic feeling-of-knowing accuracy influenced by the timing of the judgment?

The current study investigated whether there were age-related differences in episodic feeling-of-knowing (FOK) accuracy and whether accuracy was influenced by when the FOK judgments were made. Younger and older participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 conditions that manipulated the timing of the FOK in relation to cued-recall and recognition. Age-related differences in FOK accuracy were not reliable either when the FOK was immediate or when it was delayed. Moreover, FOK accuracy was above chance for both age groups. Remember/Know (RK) judgments correlated reliably with FOKs for unrecalled words for both age groups and did not vary by FOK timing. Verbal ability, but not education, health, or perceptual speed, correlated with FOK accuracy. These results suggest that rather than a general age-related deficit in episodic FOK accuracy, the presence of age-related differences in resolution might be influenced by individual differences in such factors as verbal ability and frontal functioning.M.S.Committee Chair: Hertzog, Christopher; Committee Member: Rogers, Wendy; Committee Member: Schumacher, Eri

Facilitating Communities of Practice: A Case Study

Communities of practice (CoP) have become a popular source of knowledge-sharing and learning in organizations. However, several problems occur in managing them and more knowledge about this area is needed. This article addresses this knowledge gap and aims to understand and describe how to facilitate communities of practice in a large corporation. The research draws on a qualitative case study based on interviews with people involved in CoPs in a large multinational technology company and the analysis followed the method introduced by Gioia et al. (2013). The findings relate to participants' conceptions of the nature of CoPs, how CoPs align with the organizational structure of the company in which they operate, and a CoP’s working model. This research extends the knowledge of how to facilitate CoPs, with several findings about the characteristics and challenges of CoPs and potential solutions to their problems. It also helps practitioners who are responsible for establishing and leading CoPs in organizations by proposing a pragmatic approach to doing that

Coorie Doon

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