Team reflections: how co-created knowledge objects enhance knowledge integration

• Main Authors: Yong Guang Teh, Nicholas Tze Ping Pang, Wendy Diana Shoesmith, Jiann Lin Loo, Swe Jyan Teh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2021
• Subjects: HD28-70 Management. Industrial management
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30783/1/Team%20reflections%2C%20how%20co-created%20knowledge%20objects%20enhance%20knowledge%20integration-ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30783/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623943.2021.1937094
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

The general purpose of this study was to deepen our understanding of how co-created knowledge objects enhance knowledge integration in teams. The specific aim of this study was to develop a phenomenological model that can be used for studying the co-construction of knowledge objects. Our working assumption was that personal and group reflections are a rich source of perceptual and processual data that can be used to help build a model of how objects assist teams in integrating knowledge and coordinating complex, time-sensitive tasks. We examined the collective experience of how a newly formed debate team used co-created knowledge objects and achieved a higher level of knowledge integration to effectively deploy coordinated responses in a formal debate competition. In this paper, we present our emergent methodology of constructing a phenomenological model to describe the dynamic functions of co-created knowledge objects across personal and social realms.