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Organizing distributed knowledge for collaborative action: Structure, functioning,
and emergence of organizational transactive memory systems
Schakel, J.K.
Publication date
2013
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Schakel, J. K. (2013). Organizing distributed knowledge for collaborative action: Structure,
functioning, and emergence of organizational transactive memory systems. Vossiuspers UvA.
http://nl.aup.nl/books/9789056297381-organizing-distributed-knowledge-for-collaborative-action.html
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION... 11
1.1 Positioning of Research Theme ... 11
1.2 An Introduction to TMS theory... 12
1.3 Motivation... 15
1.4 Research Perspective and Objective ... 18
1.5 Research Questions ... 18
1.6 Contribution of Research Questions to Research Objective ... 22
1.7 Research Context ... 23
1.8 Research Methods ... 25
1.9 Structure of this Dissertation... 30
2 ORGANIZATIONAL TMSDEVELOPMENT... 33
2.1 Abstract ... 33
2.2 Societal Rationale... 33
2.3 Theoretical Rationale ... 34
2.4 Four Action Research Cycles... 38
2.5 Discussion ... 53
2.6 Conclusions... 57
3 TMSDEVELOPMENT IN A LARGE COLLABORATIVE NETWORK: THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE TYPES... 59
3.1 Abstract ... 59
3.2 Introduction... 60
3.3 Theory ... 63
3.4 Results... 68
3.5 Discussion ... 81
3.6 Implications for Research ... 82
3.7 Implications for Practice ... 85
3.8 Conclusions... 85
4 TMSDEVELOPMENT FOR HYBRID ENACTMENT... 87
4.1 Abstract ... 87
4.2 Introduction... 88
4.3 Conceptual Framing: Distributed Systems & Levels of Agency . 90 4.4 Methods: Studying Hybrid Enactment Empirically ... 93
4.5 Results (1): Functional Enactment ... 100
4.7 Results (3): Hybrid Enactment... 118
4.8 Contributions... 127
4.9 Implications for Research ... 129
4.10 Implications for Practice ... 134
4.11 Conclusion ... 136
5 CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS... 139
5.1 Setup of this Chapter... 139
5.2 Answers to the Research Questions ... 139
5.3 Research Results in Relation to Research Objectives ... 147
5.4 Implications for TMS Theory ... 151
5.5 Implications for Related Theories ... 155
5.6 Implications for Practice ... 161
5.7 Limitations ... 168
5.8 Future Research Directions ... 170
APPENDIX 1.TMSANTECEDENTS,MODERATORS, AND EFFECTS.... 175
APPENDIX 2.TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE TAXONOMY... 193
REFERENCES... 209
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... 239
DANKWOORD... 243
CURRICULUM VITAE... 245