TY - GEN
T1 - Effectiveness of domain ontologies to facilitate shared understanding and cross-understanding
AU - Roa, Henry N.
AU - Indulska, Marta
AU - Sadiq, Shazia
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Shared cognition constructs such as shared understanding and cross-understanding are important factors in team performance. Although research has focused on understanding the effects of these constructs, little emphasis has been placed on improving their development. In Information Systems and related fields shared understanding of a domain is said to be facilitated by the use of a domain ontology, however there is a lack of empirical evidence to support this claim. Accordingly, in this research-in-progress paper, we report our efforts to develop a deep understanding of the benefits of domain ontology use at the group level. Specifically, we propose a model that theorizes the relationships between domain ontology use and the development of shared understanding and cross-understanding of domains. Additionally, we provide details of operationalization and empirical validation of our model, and the current state of this research.
AB - Shared cognition constructs such as shared understanding and cross-understanding are important factors in team performance. Although research has focused on understanding the effects of these constructs, little emphasis has been placed on improving their development. In Information Systems and related fields shared understanding of a domain is said to be facilitated by the use of a domain ontology, however there is a lack of empirical evidence to support this claim. Accordingly, in this research-in-progress paper, we report our efforts to develop a deep understanding of the benefits of domain ontology use at the group level. Specifically, we propose a model that theorizes the relationships between domain ontology use and the development of shared understanding and cross-understanding of domains. Additionally, we provide details of operationalization and empirical validation of our model, and the current state of this research.
KW - Communication effectiveness
KW - Conceptual modeling
KW - Cross-understanding
KW - Domain ontology
KW - Shared understanding
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85126609228&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85126609228
SN - 9780996683111
T3 - 2015 International Conference on Information Systems: Exploring the Information Frontier, ICIS 2015
BT - 2015 International Conference on Information Systems
PB - Association for Information Systems
T2 - 2015 International Conference on Information Systems: Exploring the Information Frontier, ICIS 2015
Y2 - 13 December 2015 through 16 December 2015
ER -