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    Transactive Memory and the Job Search: Finding Expertise and Influence in Socio-technical Networks

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    2020-05-13
    Author
    Piercy, Cameron W.
    Zhu, Yaguang
    Publisher
    Routledge
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    Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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    © 2020 Western States Communication Association
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    Abstract
    Structural, communicative, and relational attributes of transactive memory (TM) affect the expertise and influence job seekers perceive in their job information networks. Using a sample of U.S. job seekers (N = 285), we found perceived expertise and influence varied across structural attributes (both source status and bridging ability) and relational attributes (emotional closeness) of job search sources. Communicative attributes (communication frequency) were associated with influence, but not expertise. In addition, we found a significant divergence in perceived influence across different sources. This study contributes to an understanding of job information networks, extends transactive memory to a socio-technical context, and adds influence as a meaningful outcome of transactive memory systems.
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    This article has been accepted for publication in Western Journal of Communication, published by Taylor & Francis.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30854
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2020.1761994
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    Cameron W. Piercy & Yaguang Zhu (2020) Transactive Memory and the Job Search: Finding Expertise and Influence in Socio-technical Networks, Western Journal of Communication, DOI: 10.1080/10570314.2020.1761994

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