We conduct the first empirical test of the knowledge burden hypothesis, one of several theories advanced to explain … increasing team sizes in science. For identification, we exploit the collapse of the USSR as an exogenous shock to the knowledge …

A transactive memory system (TMS) is a system where members share the knowledge of “who knows what.” That is, a TMS is … an instance of knowledge division, particularly of expertise, within a network of social connections like a work team. A …

This study presents a conceptual model of when and how knowledge demonstrability and superordinate social identity … impact the likelihood that organizations capitalize on their knowledge resources. To test the model, an experimental … methodology was used in which a member transfers from one group to another, transmitting knowledge in the form of a production …

We conduct the first empirical test of the knowledge burden hypothesis, one of several theories advanced to explain … increasing team sizes in science. For identification, we exploit the collapse of the USSR as an exogenous shock to the knowledge …