Relative importance of knowledge portal functionalities: A contingent approach on knowledge portal design for R&D teams

Hong Joo Lee; Jong Woo Kim; Joon Koh; Yunhee Lee

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2008.373

Relative importance of knowledge portal functionalities: A contingent approach on knowledge portal design for R&D teams

Hong Joo Lee
, Jong Woo Kim
, Joon Koh
, Yunhee Lee

Hanyang University
Chonnam National University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Many research and development (R&D) organizations and teams currently use a specialized knowledge portal (KP) for research collaboration and knowledge management. However, R&D organizations adopt whole portal functionalities without considering their R&D team or the team's task characteristics. The motivation of this study comes from this typical lack of consideration. This study proposes that the degree of importance of specific KP functionalities may be affected by the particular context in which R&D teams handle knowledge. The objectives of this research are to identify functionalities that are relatively important of KPs based on the specific team and the team's task characteristics. This research attempts to provide implications that can be used to design and implement KPs for R&D teams. Based on a field survey with 142 researchers in government-sponsored research organizations in Korea, we found that researchers perceive communication, collaboration, and connection functionalities as being important when their team sizes are large or their team members are distributed. Also, the coordination functionality is more important when the research type relates to commercialization projects than when the team is involved in basic-level research projects. We discuss interpretations of the results and implications on KP design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.373
State	Published - 2008
Event	41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS - Big Island, HI, United States Duration: 7 Jan 2008 → 10 Jan 2008

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

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Conference	41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS
Country/Territory	United States
City	Big Island, HI
Period	7/01/08 → 10/01/08

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Funding Information:
Selecting target audiences was supported by Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), and other government-sponsored research organizations that allowed contact with their researchers and provided contact names and addresses of researchers. We called all of their R&D team members by phone before distributing our survey questionnaires, and with a brief introduction of our survey we asked if they would be able to respond to the survey. Under their acceptance, we sent the questionnaires to them with small gifts via mail.

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Lee, H. J., Kim, J. W., Koh, J., & Lee, Y. (2008). Relative importance of knowledge portal functionalities: A contingent approach on knowledge portal design for R&D teams. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS Article 4439036 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.373

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Lee, HJ, Kim, JW, Koh, J & Lee, Y 2008, Relative importance of knowledge portal functionalities: A contingent approach on knowledge portal design for R&D teams. in Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS., 4439036, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS, Big Island, HI, United States, 7/01/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.373

Relative importance of knowledge portal functionalities: A contingent approach on knowledge portal design for R&D teams. / Lee, Hong Joo; Kim, Jong Woo; Koh, Joon et al.
Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS. 2008. 4439036 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Lee HJ, Kim JW, Koh J, Lee Y. Relative importance of knowledge portal functionalities: A contingent approach on knowledge portal design for R&D teams. In Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS. 2008. 4439036. (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). doi: 10.1109/HICSS.2008.373

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