Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges

Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges

<p>In their role as decision-makers, judges face the challenge of the law failing to provide clear answers to concrete cases. This may result in dissimilar decisions and outcomes in similar cases. In order to reduce unwarranted disparities, judges should participate in knowledge exchanges on a...

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Main Authors: Sandra Taal, Philip Langbroek, Mandy van der Velde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association for Court Administration 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal for Court Administration
Subjects:
Knowledge Sharing
Court Management
Judicial Behavior
Online Access:https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/150
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spelling doaj-a4f5f0a1f7ce4a838f14ea3ba239f13b2020-11-25T03:42:11ZengInternational Association for Court Administration International Journal for Court Administration2156-79642014-12-0162738310.18352/ijca.150156Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between JudgesSandra Taal0Philip Langbroek1Mandy van der Velde2Utrecht UniversityUtrecht UniversityUtrecht University<p>In their role as decision-makers, judges face the challenge of the law failing to provide clear answers to concrete cases. This may result in dissimilar decisions and outcomes in similar cases. In order to reduce unwarranted disparities, judges should participate in knowledge exchanges on a regular basis. That way, they can benefit from each other's expertise, insights and experiences and make better informed decisions. In order to manage this process in the court more effectively, a better understanding of the knowledge sharing behavior of judges is required. In this article, we will discuss how four dimensions (the technological, managerial, social and motivational dimension) can influence the knowledge sharing behavior of judges. Based on this discussion, a research model is proposed.</p>https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/150Knowledge SharingCourt ManagementJudicial Behavior
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Mandy van der Velde
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Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges
International Journal for Court Administration
Knowledge Sharing
Court Management
Judicial Behavior
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Philip Langbroek
Mandy van der Velde
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title Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges
title_short Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges
title_full Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges
title_fullStr Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges
title_full_unstemmed Reducing Unwarranted Disparities: The Challenge of Managing Knowledge Sharing between Judges
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publisher International Association for Court Administration
series International Journal for Court Administration
issn 2156-7964
publishDate 2014-12-01
description <p>In their role as decision-makers, judges face the challenge of the law failing to provide clear answers to concrete cases. This may result in dissimilar decisions and outcomes in similar cases. In order to reduce unwarranted disparities, judges should participate in knowledge exchanges on a regular basis. That way, they can benefit from each other's expertise, insights and experiences and make better informed decisions. In order to manage this process in the court more effectively, a better understanding of the knowledge sharing behavior of judges is required. In this article, we will discuss how four dimensions (the technological, managerial, social and motivational dimension) can influence the knowledge sharing behavior of judges. Based on this discussion, a research model is proposed.</p>
topic Knowledge Sharing
Court Management
Judicial Behavior
url https://www.iacajournal.org/articles/150
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