Title: Transactive memory systems, team learning and project outcomes in information systems development projects: the moderating roles of shared leadership

Authors: Hua Sun; Yuzhu Li; Jack Shih-Chieh Hsu; Kangning Wei

Addresses: School of Management, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nanlu, Jinan, 250100, China ' Department of Decision and Information Sciences, Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA ' Department of Information Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lienhai Rd., Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan ' School of Management, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nanlu, Jinan, 250100, China

Abstract: Little work exists to examine shared leadership as an internal team context. This study aims to explore how and in what ways shared leadership impacts team processes and outcomes. Specifically, this study proposes the moderating effects of shared leadership on the relationship between transactive memory system (TMS) and team learning and between team learning and project outcomes. A survey method was adopted to test the proposed model. Based on partial least squares (PLS) analysis, the results confirmed a negative effect of shared leadership on the relationship between team learning and project outcomes. High-level shared leadership substitutes the effects of team learning on project outcomes. However, the moderating effect of shared leadership on the relationship between TMS and team learning was not supported. This study makes theoretical contributions and practical implications for understanding the context of information systems development (ISD) project teams.

Keywords: transactive memory system; TMS; team learning; shared leadership; team context; information systems development project.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2022.127057

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, 2022 Vol.13 No.1, pp.19 - 44

Received: 13 Oct 2021
Accepted: 25 Mar 2022
Published online: 21 Nov 2022 *

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