Why do group members provide information to digital knowledge repositories? a multilevel application of transactive memory theory

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 540-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meikuan Huang ◽  
Joshua Barbour ◽  
Chunke Su ◽  
Noshir Contractor
Keyword(s):  
Transactive Memory ◽  
Memory Theory ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Digital Knowledge

scholarly journals Fair trade in building digital knowledge repositories: the knowledge economy as if researchers mattered

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni De Grandis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Digital Knowledge

Abstract Both a significant body of literature and the case study presented here show that digital knowledge repositories struggle to attract the needed level of data and knowledge contribution that they need to be successful. This happens also to high profile and prestigious initiatives. The paper argues that the reluctance of researchers to contribute can only be understood in light of the highly competitive context in which research careers need to be built nowadays and how this affects researchers’ quality of life. Competition and managerialism limit the discretion of researchers in sharing their results and in donating their working time. A growing corpus of research shows that academic researchers are increasingly overworked and highly stressed. This corroborates the point that the room for undertaking additional tasks with future and uncertain benefits is very limited. The paper thus recommends that promoters of digital knowledge repositories focus on the needs of the researchers who are expected to contribute their knowledge. In order to treat them fairly and to ensure the success of the repositories, knowledge sharing needs to be rewarded so as to improve the working conditions of contributors. In order to help implementing this researcher-centred approach, the paper proposes the idea of expediential trust: rewards for contributing should be such that rational, self-interested researchers would freely decide to contribute their knowledge and effort trusting that this would make them better off.

scholarly journals The Impact of Perceived Subgroup Formation on Transactive Memory Systems and Performance in Distributed Teams

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yide Shen ◽  
Michael J. Gallivan ◽  
Xinlin Tang
Keyword(s):  
Team Performance ◽  
Memory Systems ◽  
Transactive Memory ◽  
Distributed Teams ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Group Members ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

With distributed teams becoming increasingly common in organizations, improving their performance is a critical challenge for both practitioners and researchers. This research examines how group members' perception of subgroup formation affects team performance in fully distributed teams. The authors propose that individual members' perception about the presence of subgroups within the team has a negative effect on team performance, which manifests itself through decreases in a team's transactive memory system (TMS). Using data from 154 members of 41 fully distributed teams (where no group members were colocated), the authors found that members' perceptions of the existence of subgroups impair the team's TMS and its overall performance. They found these effects to be statistically significant. In addition, decreases in a group's TMS partially mediate the effect of perceived subgroup formation on team performance. The authors discuss the implications of their findings for managerial action, as well as for researchers, and they propose directions for future research.

scholarly journals Knowledge repositories. In digital knowledge we trust

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 543-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsjalling Swierstra ◽  
Sophia Efstathiou
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Digital Knowledge

Framing design of reminiscence aids with transactive memory theory

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenn-Chieh Tsai ◽  
Hung-Chi Lee ◽  
Joey Chiao-Yin Hsiao ◽  
Rung-Huei Liang ◽  
Jane Yung-jen Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Transactive Memory ◽  
Memory Theory

Sociofact Theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Uwe V. Riss ◽  
Johannes Magenheim
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Transactive Memory ◽  
Boundary Objects ◽  
Memory Theory ◽  
Seci Model ◽  
Knowledge Asset

The current study concentrates on units of organizational knowledge that the authors call sociofacts following a terminology introduced by J. Huxley. The analysis looks at the constituents of sociofacts as well as their lifecycle, starting from the concept of knowledge asset. It is based on insights from various established theories such as Activity Theory, Nonaka's SECI model, Boundary Objects and Transactive Memory Theory. The authors investigate how the form of sociofacts changes during the Knowledge Maturing process and point at their business relevance. The goal of the paper is to improve the understanding of the structure of organizational knowledge and the process of knowledge maturing.

Role of Management Accounting Systems in the Development and Efficacy of Transactive Memory Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ge Bai ◽  
Ranjani Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
Group Performance ◽  
Management Accounting ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Transactive Memory ◽  
Memory System ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Group Members

ABSTRACT In-depth understanding of the factors that facilitate group learning and group performance is critical for firms given the preponderance of group-based work in modern organizations. A firm's management accounting system (MAS) can play a critical role in the development of group learning. This paper discusses the role of MAS on an important driver of group learning; i.e., the group's transactive memory system (TMS). TMS refers to a shared memory system whereby group members obtain mutual awareness of relative expertise of individual group members based on interactions between members. Significant extant research reveals positive effects of TMS on team performance. We posit that MAS can influence the development of TMS; for example, MAS can facilitate encoding, storing, and retrieving information for TMS development (the information effect). MAS can also assist in increasing employee motivation to effectively contribute to and utilize TMS (the motivation effect). We discuss these two effects of MAS on TMS and provide implications and directions for future accounting research.

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