Transactive memory systems, knowledge integration, and team performance in geographically dispersed teams

Joy Wei He; Yulin Fang; Andreas Schroeder

Transactive memory systems, knowledge integration, and team performance in geographically dispersed teams

Joy Wei He, Yulin Fang, Andreas Schroeder

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Abstract

This study proposes and tests a model that explains the mediating mechanism through which the transactive memory system (TMS) of a team impacts on team performance under varying levels of team geographic dispersion. The model proposes that the relationship between TMS and team performance is mediated by the extent of knowledge integration among team members. The model further proposes that the degree of team geographic dispersion moderates the effect of TMS and knowledge integration on team performance. Survey data from 54 project teams in a major telecommunication company were collected to test the model. The study develops a deeper understanding of the mechanism through which TMS affects team performance and highlights the need to explicitly theorize team geographic dispersion, an important characteristic of contemporary project teams, in TMS research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECIS 2012 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Information Systems
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
ISBN (Print)	9788488971548
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2012
Event	20th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2012 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 10 Jun 2012 → 13 Jun 2012

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Conference	20th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2012
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	10/06/12 → 13/06/12

Keywords

Dispersion
Knowledge integration
Survey method
Transactive memory system
Virtual teams

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