Name
Abstract | ||
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Why does a team member prefer some colleagues to others in information seeking? Past literature suggests that the physical accessibility of a knowledge source, the information quality of the source, and relational concerns influence such a choice. This study extends past literature by suggesting that formal structural factors are also important. Particularly, job interdependence, competition, and supervisory relationships are hypothesized to affect information-sourcing frequency. Our social-network analysis of an information systems project team indicates that formal structural factors are important to the development of informal networks and the perception of the information quality of a source. They have direct and indirect impacts on sourcing behavior. Implications for information systems project management are discussed. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2010 | 10.1109/TPC.2010.2044620 | IEEE Trans. Prof. Communication |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
information systems,social factors,software development management,information systems project team,information quality,information sourcing frequency,knowledge acquisition,personal communication networks,ergonomics,knowledge source,informal network,social networking (online),professional communication,social network analysis,information seeking | Information system,Social network,Public relations,Information seeking,Knowledge transfer,Knowledge management,Psychology,Project team,Knowledge acquisition,Information quality,Project management | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
53 | 4 | 0361-1434 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.35 | 18 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yunjie Xu | 1 | 692 | 32.58 |
| Cheng Zhang | 2 | 239 | 26.79 |
| Chenghong Zhang | 3 | 116 | 18.03 |