The Wiki way: quick collaboration on the Web
The Wiki way: quick collaboration on the Web
Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining, and Transferring Knowledge
Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining, and Transferring Knowledge
Introductory Essay: Improvisation As a Mindset for Organizational Analysis
Organization Science
Communication and Trust in Global Virtual Teams
Organization Science
Introduction to the Special Issue: Communication Processes for Virtual Organizations
Organization Science
Market, Hierarchy, and Trust: The Knowledge Economy and the Future of Capitalism
Organization Science
Coordinating Expertise in Software Development Teams
Management Science
Knowledge Reuse for Innovation
Management Science
Transactive Memory Systems in Organizations: Matching Tasks, Expertise, and People
Organization Science
Improvisation and Innovative Performance in Teams
Organization Science
Is anybody out there?: antecedents of trust in global virtual teams
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special section: Managing virtual workplaces and teleworking with information technology
Coordination in Fast-Response Organizations
Management Science
Transactive Memory Systems, Learning, and Learning Transfer
Organization Science
Gaffers, Gofers, and Grips: Role-Based Coordination in Temporary Organizations
Organization Science
Finding community through information and communication technology in disaster response
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Resilience in collaboration: technology as a resource for new patterns of action
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
The role of IT in crisis response: Lessons from the SARS and Asian Tsunami disasters
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
The impact of awareness and accessibility on expertise retrieval: A multilevel network perspective
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Coordination in innovative design and engineering: observations from a lunar robotics project
Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Supporting group work
Emergency! Web 2.0 to the rescue!
Communications of the ACM
Towards a framework for emergent modeling
ER'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Advances in conceptual modeling: applications and challenges
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Organizational Learning: From Experience to Knowledge
Organization Science
Transactive Memory Systems: Current Issues and Future Research Directions
Organization Science
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Breaking news on wikipedia: dynamics, structures, and roles in high-tempo collaboration
Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Companion
Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
How virtual teams use their virtual workspace to coordinate knowledge
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
A narrative networks approach to understanding coordination practices in emergency response
Information and Organization
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In the aftermath of catastrophic events, when plans for organized and timely response break down, impromptu groups often emerge to provide disaster relief. Much remains to be learned about the internal dynamics of these emergent response groups whose representatives may include members from organizations with relief missions; private sector organizations offering resources; and private citizens with the information, relationships, or physical and mental stamina to help. Organizational theories have the potential to contribute to a better understanding of emergent response groups and how they efficiently coordinate knowledge, people, resources, tasks, and technology, thereby substantially improving disaster response for future catastrophes. We apply one organization science theory toward better understanding of these groups---transactive memory systems theory---which is a theory about knowledge coordination in groups. Our application of this theory to emergent response groups requires extending the theory in three ways: the role of expertise in task assignment, how groups function when credibility in member expertise cannot be validated, and how expertise is coordinated. By demonstrating how transactive memory systems theory can be extended to the unique operating conditions of emergent response groups, we hope to inspire organization science researchers to accept the challenge of adapting their theories to study this important problem of our time.