A Typology of Knowledge Management System Use by Teams

  • Authors:
  • Jean-Gregoire Bernard

  • Affiliations:
  • Queen's University

  • Venue:
  • HICSS '06 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 07
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

This essay sketches out a typology of knowledge management system use by teams. It is proposed that how a knowledge management system is framed and enacted by a team depends on (a) psychological safety (the shared beliefs held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking — Edmondson, 1999) and (b) the rate of episodic change experienced by the team. Four distinct patterns of use are identified: candid, ambivalent, conservative, and reluctant. Each of these usage patterns has implications for the learning opportunities teams may face and the perceived usefulness of a knowledge management system.