Intelligent machines and teamwork: Help or hindrance?

Bei Yan, Kyle Lewis, Patrick Figge, Andrea B. Hollingshead, Kristen Steves Alexander, Young Ji Kim, Chengyu Fang

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Abstract

Whereas research has examined how AI affects individual work, few studies explore the impact on task-performing teams. In an experiment, we compared the process and performance of teams with access to an embodied intelligent personal assistant (EIA) to those without access. We expected that EIA use would enhance team performance in the short term but interfere with the development of a transactive memory system (TMS). A TMS is a collective memory system that has strong positive effects on sustained team performance. Results showed that EIA use did not enhance team performance and seemed harmful to the development of a TMS.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2020: Understanding the Inclusive Organization, AoM 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 7 Aug 202011 Aug 2020

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