Transactive Memory Systems: Current Issues and Future Research Directions
梳理了交互记忆系统(TMS)研究中的关键问题,包括概念定义、测量方法、任务类型影响,并提出未来可从多层次、社交网络、信息技术支持等方向推进研究。
Transactive memory system (TMS) theory has been popularized in recent research on groups and other collectives. In this essay we outline current issues in TMS research and develop propositions that can be tested in future research. We describe issues concerning how researchers define and conceptualize TMSs, interpret the relationship between TMS measures and the TMS concept, and attend to the role of task type in TMS research. The potential to advance TMS research by incorporating multilevel and social network perspectives, reconsidering the role of information technology in supporting TMSs, and developing frameworks suited to complex, multiactivity tasks is considered.