Who you gonna call? seeking information and expertise for decision making in local government

Irvine-Smith, S

Who you gonna call? seeking information and expertise for decision making in local government

Irvine-Smith, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2019, 56, (1), pp. 117-126
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Irvine-Smith, S
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-09T00:43:31Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-09T00:43:31Z
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2019, 56, (1), pp. 117-126
dc.identifier.issn	2373-9231
dc.identifier.issn	2373-9231
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141205
dc.description.abstract	Author(s) retain copyright, but ASIS & T receives an exclusive publication license This paper analyzes the findings of a research project into the information seeking practices of local government decision-makers in terms of collaborative information seeking (CIS) and expertise seeking. It finds that the participants do collaborate in information seeking and that there is a clear preference for personal information sources. The generally accepted definition of CIS as groups collectively seeking information in the performance of common projects or tasks is found to have limited applicability in many real-life situations. Conversely, viewing expertise seeking as an individual activity in which another person is selected as an information source based on their high level of knowledge or skill does not reflect the collaborative nature of the modern organization. It is argued that neither approach adequately accounts for the full range of behaviors observed in practice, and that research into organizational information behavior would benefit from a conceptual amalgamation of CIS and expertise seeking.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Wiley
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1002/pra2.61
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title	Who you gonna call? seeking information and expertise for decision making in local government
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	56
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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dc.date.updated	2020-06-09T00:43:28Z
pubs.issue	1
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	56
utslib.start-page	117
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Author(s) retain copyright, but ASIS & T receives an exclusive publication license This paper analyzes the findings of a research project into the information seeking practices of local government decision-makers in terms of collaborative information seeking (CIS) and expertise seeking. It finds that the participants do collaborate in information seeking and that there is a clear preference for personal information sources. The generally accepted definition of CIS as groups collectively seeking information in the performance of common projects or tasks is found to have limited applicability in many real-life situations. Conversely, viewing expertise seeking as an individual activity in which another person is selected as an information source based on their high level of knowledge or skill does not reflect the collaborative nature of the modern organization. It is argued that neither approach adequately accounts for the full range of behaviors observed in practice, and that research into organizational information behavior would benefit from a conceptual amalgamation of CIS and expertise seeking.

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