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dc.contributor.authorGibson, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorDunlop, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorMajchrzak, Ann
dc.contributor.authorChia, Terence
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T06:42:55Z
dc.date.available2021-12-08T06:42:55Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationGibson, C. and Dunlop, P. and Majchrzak, A. and Chia, T. 2021. Sustaining effectiveness in global teams: The co-evolution of knowledge management activities and technology affordances. Organization Science.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86828
dc.identifier.doi10.1287/orsc.2021.1478
dc.description.abstract

Despite the dynamic nature of knowledge-related activities and the availability of a variety of communication technologies, many global teams habitually use technology in the same way across activities. However, as teams move through cycles of accumulating, integrating, and implementing knowledge, the purposes for communication technologies change. Current theorizing and empirical work on team knowledge management has yet to develop a dynamic theory that incorporates these changes. By conducting a multiwave, mixed method analysis of 48 global teams, we develop a theory of how global teams sustain effectiveness through technology affordance processes. We found that effective teams are those that recognize cues indicating change is necessary and coevolve a symbiosis between new activities, new purposes for interaction, and new uses of communication technologies. This coevolution of purpose with technology use forms new affordances, which enable the team to move on to new knowledge management activities and sustain effectiveness. Our theory more realistically models the dynamics of staying connected while sharing, combining, and implementing knowledge across the globe.

dc.publisherInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP110201117
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject3507 - Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.titleSustaining effectiveness in global teams: The co-evolution of knowledge management activities and technology affordances
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.issn1047-7039
dcterms.source.titleOrganization Science
dc.date.updated2021-12-08T06:42:55Z
curtin.departmentFuture of Work Institute
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Business and Law
curtin.contributor.orcidDunlop, Patrick [0000-0002-5225-6409]
curtin.contributor.researcheridDunlop, Patrick [K-6738-2012]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridDunlop, Patrick [7005406522]


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