Knowledge order in an online knowledge community: Group heterogeneity and two paths mediated by group interaction

OKC-enabled online knowledge integration: role of group heterogeneity and group interaction process

Information Technology and People ◽

10.1108/itp-01-2019-0027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Jiangnan Qiu ◽

Liwei Xu ◽

Min Zuo ◽

Jingxian Wang ◽

Weadon Helen

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Integration ◽

Group Interaction ◽

Interaction Process ◽

Team Cognition ◽

Content Type ◽

Knowledge Community ◽

Important Concern ◽

Group Heterogeneity ◽

Mediator Role ◽

Elaboration Model

PurposeOnline knowledge integration has been an important concern of the online knowledge community as it can lead to various positive outcomes of online knowledge coproduction. This paper identifies online knowledge integration factors by considering group heterogeneity and group interaction process.Design/methodology/approachBased on the categorization-elaboration model (CEM) and interactive team cognition (ITC) theory, a research model that reflects the antecedent's factors and mediating factors of online knowledge integration was developed and empirically examined based on data collected from 2,339,836 data extracted from Wikipedia.FindingsGroup interaction process plays an essential mediator role in online knowledge integration. Group knowledge heterogeneity negatively influences online knowledge integration and group experience heterogeneity positively, and they both positively promote online knowledge integration through group interaction process with different paths.Research limitationsOur research concerns the OKC context in one setting (Wikipedia). We expect that the results will generalize to other OKC platforms.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study could assist the online knowledge community's organizers to understand the motivational mechanisms of online knowledge integration. Group interaction process could be regarded as the key role to promote group wisdom and maintain group independence.Social implicationsWe advance the understanding of the online knowledge integration and gain a richer understanding of the importance of group interaction independence for online knowledge integration based on the agreement of group wisdom. It suggested keeping group interaction independence is an important aspect for highly online knowledge integration among heterogeneity groups.Originality/valueThis study extends CEM and ITC theory to the domain of knowledge integration context and finds the mechanism between group heterogeneity and online knowledge integration by introducing the group interaction process.

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Conciliation and verbal responses as functions of orientation and threat in group interaction

Communication Monographs ◽

10.1080/03637757409375817 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 6-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Theodore Jon Marr

Keyword(s):

Group Interaction ◽

Verbal Responses

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Aberrant Sensorimotor Integration in Musicians' Cramp Patients

Journal of Psychophysiology ◽

10.1027/0269-8803.17.4.195 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 195-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Vanessa K. Lim ◽

John L. Bradshaw ◽

Michael E.R. Nicholls ◽

Ian J. Kirk ◽

Jeff P. Hamm ◽

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Keyword(s):

Movement Disorder ◽

Sensorimotor Cortex ◽

Sensorimotor Integration ◽

Group Interaction ◽

Focal Dystonia ◽

The Other ◽

Alpha Power ◽

Significant Group ◽

Group Interactions

AbstractSimple tapping and complex movements (Luria finger apposition task) were performed unimanually and bimanually by two groups of professional guitarists while EEG was recorded from electrodes over the sensorimotor cortex. One group had a task-specific movement disorder (focal dystonia or musicians' cramp), while the other group did not (controls). There were no significant group interactions in the task-related power (TRPow) within the alpha range of 8-10Hz (mu1). In contrast, there was a significant group interaction within the alpha range of 10-12Hz (mu2); these latter frequencies are associated with task-specific sensorimotor integration. The significant group interaction included task (simple and complex) by hand (left, right, and both) by electrodes (10 electrodes over the sensorimotor areas). In the rest conditions, the alpha power (10-12Hz) was comparable between the groups; during movement, however, compared to the controls, patients demonstrated the greatest TRPow (10-12Hz) over all conditions. This was particularly evident when patients used their affected hand and suggests that patients with musicians' cramp have impaired task-specific sensorimotor integration.

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