TY - GEN
T1 - Wiki-induced cognitive elaboration in project teams
T2 - 32nd International Conference on Information System 2011, ICIS 2011
AU - Zhang, Yixiang
AU - Fang, Yulin
AU - He, Wei
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Researchers have exerted increasing efforts to understand how wikis can be used to improve team performance. Previous studies have mainly focused on the effect of the quantity of wiki use on performance in wiki-based communities; however, only inconclusive results have been obtained. Our study focuses on the quality of wiki use in a team context. We develop a construct of wiki-induced cognitive elaboration, and explore its nomological network in the team context. Integrating the literatures on wiki and distributed cognition, we propose that wiki-induced cognitive elaboration influences team performance through knowledge integration among team members. We also identify its team-based antecedents, including task involvement, critical norm, task reflexivity, time pressure and process accountability, by drawing on the motivated information processing literature. The research model is empirically tested using multiple-source survey data collected from 46 wiki-based student project teams. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings are also discussed.
AB - Researchers have exerted increasing efforts to understand how wikis can be used to improve team performance. Previous studies have mainly focused on the effect of the quantity of wiki use on performance in wiki-based communities; however, only inconclusive results have been obtained. Our study focuses on the quality of wiki use in a team context. We develop a construct of wiki-induced cognitive elaboration, and explore its nomological network in the team context. Integrating the literatures on wiki and distributed cognition, we propose that wiki-induced cognitive elaboration influences team performance through knowledge integration among team members. We also identify its team-based antecedents, including task involvement, critical norm, task reflexivity, time pressure and process accountability, by drawing on the motivated information processing literature. The research model is empirically tested using multiple-source survey data collected from 46 wiki-based student project teams. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings are also discussed.
KW - Critical norm
KW - Knowledge integration
KW - Process accountability
KW - Task involvement
KW - Task reflexivity
KW - Time pressure
KW - Wiki-induced cognitive elaboration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884604477&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884604477
SN - 9781618394729
T3 - International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011
SP - 3016
EP - 3035
BT - International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011
Y2 - 4 December 2011 through 7 December 2011
ER -