Integration in cross-boundary creative projects : an empirical study
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Collaboration across boundaries is critical for most creative work. Most research to date has documented the challenges of cross-boundary collaboration and knowledge transfer and translation across boundaries. Limited research has investigated the ways in which ideas are integrated into a cohesive whole. This dissertation addresses this gap by examining how ideas get integrated in creative cross-boundary projects. Through an in-depth field study of a Thai real estate development company, I empirically examine the process of integration and the practices that support integration. I introduce a theory of integration as a complex, dynamic and recursive process that occurs over time and requires idea elaboration. Ideas are first introduced, then elaborated and transformed by the cross-boundary project team and either integrated into the cohesive whole or rejected. As an idea is introduced or transformed it stimulates the transformation of other ideas in a continuous process until the project is complete. I identify four activities that support idea elaboration and integration across boundaries: instantiating ideas, representing others, balancing interests, and anticipatory activities. I also identify the conditions that enable project members to perform these integrative activities: multiple identities, big picture thinking, and a formal coordination role. I propose therefore that integration in creative cross-boundary projects is a complex process requiring idea elaboration and attention to project members' opinions, interests, and perspectives, and that a core activity of creative cross-boundary projects is how team members bring different perspectives to bear. This dissertation advances theory on cross-boundary teams, integration, and creativity by showing how integration occurs and the activities that enable integration.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2021; ©2021 |
| Publication date | 2021; 2021 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Altman, Heather Taylor |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Hinds, Pamela |
| Thesis advisor | Hinds, Pamela |
| Thesis advisor | Sutton, Robert I |
| Thesis advisor | Valentine, Melissa (Melissa A.) |
| Degree committee member | Sutton, Robert I |
| Degree committee member | Valentine, Melissa (Melissa A.) |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Management Science and Engineering |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Heather Taylor Altman. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Management Science and Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2021. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/md977xh3664 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2021 by Heather Taylor Altman
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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