An Integrative Model of the Role of Trust in Transactive Memory Development

Melanie Ashleigh and Jane Prichard, both of the University of Southampton, published “An Integrative Model of the Role of Trust in Transactive Memory Development” on December 11th, 2011 in Group & Organization Management. To view other OnlineFirst articles, please click here.

The abstract:

This article extends transactive memory (TM) theory as it is currently conceptualized. We propose a new integrative model of the relationship between transactive memory system (TMS) development and trust. By using the TM encoding cycle, the model proposes that trust acts as an antecedent of TMSs and that wider perceptions of team members’ trustworthiness (benevolence and integrity) also affect the development and maintenance of effective TMSs in teams. Our conceptualization considers the effect of trust on both the knowledge structure and the transactive processes involved in TMSs. From our analysis, we provide a number of propositions and hypotheses relating to different stages of TMS development to be pursued by future research. Finally, we consider the managerial implications of our model.

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