{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2139676478","doi":null,"title":"CHOICE OF KNOWLEDGE SOURCE IN SITUATIONS OF EQUIVOCALITY: IMPACT OF CULTURAL TRAITS","display_name":"CHOICE OF KNOWLEDGE SOURCE IN SITUATIONS OF EQUIVOCALITY: IMPACT OF CULTURAL TRAITS","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2139676478","mag":"2139676478"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:scholarbank.nus.edu.sg:10635/42644","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/42644","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407052290","display_name":"National University of Singapore","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Scopus","raw_type":"Conference Paper"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024967612","display_name":"Ya Ni Shi","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shi, Ya Ni","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Science and Technology of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Science and Technology of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010986657","display_name":"Choon Ling Sia","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9778-9196","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9778-9196"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I168719708","display_name":"City University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/03q8dnn23","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sia, Choon Ling","raw_affiliation_strings":["City University of Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"City University of Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111496775","display_name":"Probir Kumar Banerjee","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I168719708","display_name":"City University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/03q8dnn23","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Banerjee, Probir","raw_affiliation_strings":["City University of Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"City University of Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100528753","display_name":"Chuan Luo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5191-4504","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5191-4504","https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7366-5584"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Luo, Chuan","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Science and Technology of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Science and Technology of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5118686519","display_name":"Bernard C. Y. Tan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0687-9699","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0687-9699"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165932596","display_name":"National University of Singapore","ror":"https://ror.org/01tgyzw49","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165932596"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tan, B.C.Y.","raw_affiliation_strings":["National University of Singapore"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"National University of Singapore","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165932596"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040104068","display_name":"Huaping Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-7086","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-7086"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126520041","display_name":"University of Science and Technology of China","ror":"https://ror.org/04c4dkn09","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126520041","https://openalex.org/I19820366"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chen, Huaping","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Science and Technology of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Science and Technology of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126520041"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.7186,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.68192771,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9976000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12028","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Sharing","score":0.9976000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13274","display_name":"Expert finding and Q&A systems","score":0.000699999975040555,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.0003000000142492354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formal-and-informal-knowledge","display_name":"formal and informal knowledge","score":0.652999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cultural-characteristics","display_name":"cultural characteristics","score":0.7089999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/individualism-collectivism","display_name":"individualism-collectivism","score":0.972000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power-distance","display_name":"power distance","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uncertainty-avoidance","display_name":"uncertainty avoidance","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-workers","display_name":"knowledge workers","score":0.7039999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"knowledge management","score":0.6779999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/national-culture","display_name":"national culture","score":0.6610000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/communities-of-practice","display_name":"communities of practice","score":0.7960000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wikis","display_name":"wikis","score":0.722000002861023}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.7415268421173096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187572123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2034224","display_name":"Personal knowledge management","level":3,"score":0.5637900829315186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191628500","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6423404","display_name":"Knowledge value chain","level":3,"score":0.523297131061554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C96420161","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237789","display_name":"Collectivism","level":3,"score":0.5173467993736267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67356462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5807210","display_name":"Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory","level":2,"score":0.494083434343338},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170130773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216378","display_name":"Usability","level":2,"score":0.46828052401542664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119469879","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15514847","display_name":"Uncertainty avoidance","level":4,"score":0.46602392196655273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169735623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430172","display_name":"Organizational learning","level":2,"score":0.45749884843826294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67674302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730573","display_name":"Organizational culture","level":2,"score":0.45029187202453613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.4395253360271454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779089590","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1914017","display_name":"Knowledge worker","level":3,"score":0.4375618100166321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.4354647099971771},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776604539","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6423395","display_name":"Knowledge sharing","level":2,"score":0.4283863604068756},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.42391467094421387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.39812418818473816},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17022365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171995","display_name":"Individualism","level":2,"score":0.3422507047653198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2872632145881653},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.24737772345542908},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.2446461021900177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.1310998797416687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.11907780170440674},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.1170400083065033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:scholarbank.nus.edu.sg:10635/42644","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/42644","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407052290","display_name":"National University of Singapore","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Scopus","raw_type":"Conference Paper"},{"id":"pmh:oai:aisel.aisnet.org:pacis2009-1013","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=pacis2009","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S30879505","display_name":"Journal of the Association for Information Systems","issn_l":"1536-9323","issn":["1536-9323"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-a","fnege-1","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310321080","host_organization_name":"Association for Information Systems","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310321080"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Information Systems"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"PACIS 2009 Proceedings","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":51,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W66297545","https://openalex.org/W337540243","https://openalex.org/W1510714526","https://openalex.org/W1533396945","https://openalex.org/W1534941172","https://openalex.org/W1660606661","https://openalex.org/W1662718230","https://openalex.org/W1967597150","https://openalex.org/W1984188697","https://openalex.org/W1985118992","https://openalex.org/W1986999597","https://openalex.org/W1993649328","https://openalex.org/W1999912466","https://openalex.org/W2014620128","https://openalex.org/W2027493570","https://openalex.org/W2043737820","https://openalex.org/W2050030084","https://openalex.org/W2051025678","https://openalex.org/W2055684847","https://openalex.org/W2056004880","https://openalex.org/W2056365180","https://openalex.org/W2058559948","https://openalex.org/W2063933361","https://openalex.org/W2091877193","https://openalex.org/W2096784753","https://openalex.org/W2107605390","https://openalex.org/W2108227947","https://openalex.org/W2108267847","https://openalex.org/W2108964651","https://openalex.org/W2111114024","https://openalex.org/W2111131271","https://openalex.org/W2115912135","https://openalex.org/W2118122214","https://openalex.org/W2118251535","https://openalex.org/W2122710202","https://openalex.org/W2128056097","https://openalex.org/W2134049161","https://openalex.org/W2134057726","https://openalex.org/W2136850150","https://openalex.org/W2137728837","https://openalex.org/W2142449003","https://openalex.org/W2146125869","https://openalex.org/W2153394683","https://openalex.org/W2158310699","https://openalex.org/W2158940277","https://openalex.org/W2159586311","https://openalex.org/W2166061111","https://openalex.org/W2170819292","https://openalex.org/W2798847030","https://openalex.org/W3122525982","https://openalex.org/W3147795728"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7098064937","https://openalex.org/W85481910","https://openalex.org/W1561802263","https://openalex.org/W2130330803","https://openalex.org/W2100971581","https://openalex.org/W1496643179","https://openalex.org/W7020242329","https://openalex.org/W4200360468","https://openalex.org/W590579732","https://openalex.org/W7097539759"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Apart":[0],"from":[1,31,102,156,179],"sourcing":[2],"formal":[3,63,91],"knowledge":[4,25,30,46,64,79,94,101,120,145,151,154,164,178],"ratified":[5],"and":[6,19,53,127,167],"stored":[7],"in":[8,58,62,86,135],"corporate":[9],"sources":[10,181],"such":[11,33,76,122,136],"as":[12,34,123],"organizational":[13,59,69],"best":[14],"practices":[15],"etc.,":[16],"the":[17,51,68,78,103,113,119,133,175,183],"Internet":[18],"advanced":[20],"information/collaborative":[21],"technologies":[22],"also":[23],"allow":[24],"workers":[26,155],"to":[27,83,89,111,142,153],"tap":[28],"informal":[29,93],"networks":[32],"discussion":[35],"boards,":[36],"SIG-based":[37],"Wikis,":[38],"communities":[39],"of":[40,67,115,118,132,177,185],"practice,":[41],"Email/Listserv,":[42],"etc..":[43],"However,":[44],"some":[45],"may":[47,54,81],"reside":[48],"implicitly":[49],"within":[50],"organization":[52],"not":[55],"be":[56],"available":[57],"repositories,":[60],"or":[61,92],"repositories":[65],"outside":[66],"boundaries":[70],"(e.g.":[71],"published":[72],"case":[73],"descriptions).":[74],"In":[75],"situations,":[77],"worker":[80,121],"need":[82],"use":[84,90,184],"discretion":[85],"deciding":[87],"whether":[88],"source,":[95],"particularly":[96],"when":[97],"faced":[98],"with":[99,169],"equivocal":[100],"two":[104],"sources.":[105],"We":[106],"formulate":[107],"testable":[108],"theoretical":[109],"propositions":[110],"explain":[112],"influence":[114],"cultural":[116],"traits":[117],"Individualism-Collectivism,":[124],"Power":[125],"Distance":[126],"Uncertainty":[128],"Avoidance":[129],"on":[130,171],"choice":[131],"source":[134,146],"situations.":[137],"An":[138],"experiment":[139],"is":[140],"designed":[141],"investigate":[143],"how":[144,172],"would":[147,162],"affect":[148],"perceptions":[149],"about":[150],"usability":[152],"different":[157,180],"national":[158],"cultures.":[159],"This":[160],"study":[161],"provide":[163],"management":[165],"researchers":[166],"practitioners":[168],"insights":[170],"culture":[173],"affects":[174],"value":[176],"through":[182],"Internet-based":[186],"technologies.":[187]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}