The contingent effects of transactive memory: When is it more beneficial to know what others know?

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 671-682

  Ren, Yuqing ^a   Carley, Kathleen M ^b   Argote, Linda ^c  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Contingency theory; Group performance; Knowledge management; Organizational learning; Teams; Transactive memory

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENCY THEORY; GROUP PERFORMANCE; TRANSACTIVE MEMORY;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

EID: 33646365365     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0496     Document Type: Review

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