Title :
A research framework for empirical studies in organizational memory
Author :
Morrison, Joline ; Weiser, Mark
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Manage. Inf. Syst., Wisconsin Univ., Eau Claire, WI, USA
Abstract :
J.P. Walsh and G.R. Ungson (1991) defined an organizational memory (OM) research agenda encompassing three sequential phases: assessing the structure of OM; parsing the OM acquisition, retention, and retrieval processes; and assessing the consequences of OM. One way for researchers to address Walsh and Ungson´s research agenda and enable OM to evolve as a research domain is by theory testing through hypothesis generation and empirical research. The paper defines an initial research framework for guiding empirical studies of OM based on a widely accepted CSCW research framework, and describes an exploratory laboratory study based on factors identified in this framework
Keywords :
groupware; information retrieval; research and development management; CSCW research framework; OM acquisition; empirical studies; exploratory laboratory study; hypothesis generation; organizational memory; parsing; research agenda; research framework; retrieval processes; sequential phases; theory testing; Collaborative work; Control systems; Environmental management; Information management; Information retrieval; Laboratories; Management information systems; Memory management; Sequential analysis; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1996., Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Hawaii International Conference on ,
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7324-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1996.493189
