Shared Cognition in Organizations : the Management of Knowledge.
Title:
Shared Cognition in Organizations : the Management of Knowledge.
Author:
Levine, John M.
ISBN:
9781134997299
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Publication Information:
Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (385 pages).
Series:
Series in Organization and Management
Series in organization and management.
Contents:
Shared Cognition in Organizations The Management of Knowledge; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part I:Knowledge Systems; Chapter 1 Transactive Memory: Learning Who Knows What in Work Groups and Organizations; Chapter 2 "Saying Is Believing" Effects: When Sharing Reality About Something Biases Knowledge and Evaluations; Chapter 3 The Uncertain Role of Unshared Information in Collective Choice; Chapter 4 Dirty Secrets: Strategic Uses of Ignorance and Uncertainty; Part II:Emotional and Motivational Systems.
Chapter 5 Effects of Epistemic Motivation on Conservatism, Intolerance, and Other System-Justifying AttitudesChapter 6 Accountability Theory: Mixing Properties of Human Agents With Properties of Social Systems; Chapter 7 Some Like It Hot: The Case for the Emotional Negotiator; Chapter 8 Social Uncertainty and Collective Paranoia in Knowledge Communities: Thinking and Acting in the Shadow of Doubt; Part III:Communication and Behavioral Systems; Chapter 9 Normative Influences in Organizations.
Chapter 10 Entrepreneurs, Distrust, and Third Parties: A Strategic Look at the Dark Side of Dense NetworksChapter 11 What Newcomers See and What Oldtimers Say: Discontinuities in Knowledge Exchange; Chapter 12 Knowledge Transmission in Work Groups: Helping Newcomers to Succeed; Chapter 13 Organizational Learning and New Product Development: CORE Processes; Chapter 14 Themes and Variations in Shared Cognition in Organizations; Author Index; Subject Index.
Abstract:
Written for those interested in the topic of ""shared knowledge"" in organizations, this edited volume brings together a variety of themes and perspectives that emerge when multidisciplinary scholars examine this important subject. The papers were presented at a conference designed to bring together behavioral scientists who were interested in the creation, conversation, distribution, and protection of knowledge in organizations. The editors bring together a distinguished group of social psychologists who have made important contributions to social cognition and group processes. They.
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