Written for those interested in the topic of "shared knowledge" in organizations, this edited volume brings together a variety of themes & perspectives that emerge when multidisciplinary scholars examine this important subject.

John M. Levine, David M. Messick, Leigh L. Thompson

Part 1 KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS; Chapter 1 Transactive Memory: Learning Who Knows What in Work Groups and Organizations, Richard L Moreland; Chapter 2 Saying Is Believing Effects: When Sharing Reality About Something Biases Knowledge and Evaluations, E. Tory Higgins; Chapter 3 The Uncertain Role of Unshared Information in Collective Choice, Garold Stasser; Chapter 4 Dirty Secrets: Strategic Uses of Ignorance and Uncertainty, David M Messick; Part 2 EMOTIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEMS; Chapter 5 Effects of Eplstemic Motivation on Conservatism, Intolerance, and Other System-Justifying Attitudes, John T. Jost, Arie W Kruglanski, Linda Simon; Chapter 6 Accountability Theory: Mixing Properties of Human Agents With Properties of Social Systems, Philip E. Tetlock; Chapter 7 Some Like It Hot: The Case for the Emotional Negotiator, Leigh L. Thompson, Janice Nadler, Peter H. Kim; Chapter 8 Social Uncertainty and Collective Paranoia in Knowledge Communities: Thinking and Acting in the Shadow of Doubt, Roderick M Kramer; Part 3 COMMUNICATION AND BEHAVIORAL SYSTEMS; Chapter 9 Normative Influences in Organizations, Robert B. Cialdini, Renee J. Bator, Rosanna E. Guadagno; Chapter 10 Entrepreneurs, Distrust, and Third Part ies: A Strategic Look at the Dark Side of Dense Networks, Ronald S. Burt; Chapter 11 What Newcomers See and What Oldtimers Say: Discontinuities in Knowledge Exchange, Deborah H. Gruenfeld, Elliott T. Fan; Chapter 12 Knowledge Transmission in Work Groups: Helping Newcomers to Succeed, John M. Levine, Richard L. Moreland; Chapter 13 Organizational Learning and New Product Development: CORE Processes, Fernando Olivera, Linda Argote; Chapter 14 Themes and Variations in Shared Cognition in Organizations, Terry L. Boles;