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Su, Chunke. "A Multitheoretical Network Perspective on Organizational Member's Information Retrieval From Human and Digital Knowledge Repositories" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 21, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p232629_index.html>

Su, C. , 2008-05-21 "A Multitheoretical Network Perspective on Organizational Member's Information Retrieval From Human and Digital Knowledge Repositories" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p232629_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The goal of this study was to theorize and empirically test network models of organizational member?s information retrieval from their colleagues and digital knowledge repositories (e.g. intranets and databases). Based on the Multi-theoretical Multilevel (MTML) framework (Contractor, Wasserman & Faust, 2006; Monge & Contractor, 2003), this study applied and extended 3 social science theories (transactive memory, public goods, and social contagion) to examine team members? information retrieval networks. Empirical data were collected from 9 organizational work teams in Western Europe. A cutting-edge social network analysis technique, Exponential Random Graph Modeling/p* analysis, was conducted to test the hypotheses. The results found that team members had the greatest tendency to retrieve information from those colleagues whom they perceived to be knowledgeable and accessible. In addition, team members? information retrieval from digital knowledge repositories was greatly influenced by social contagion effects. As one of the original research using a multi-theoretical perspective to examine multidimensional information retrieval networks, this study has important implications for theoretical development, methodological applications, and managerial practices.

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