Informing on a Rugged Landscape: How Complexity Drives Our Preferred Information Sources
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Keywords
Extrinsic complexity, environment, informing sources, client, informer
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.28945/3977
Abstract
Aim/Purpose
Provides a theoretical model as to where we should source our information as the environment becomes more complex.
Background
Develops a theoretical model built on extrinsic complexity and offers a conceptual scheme relating to the relative value of different sources.
Methodology
The paper is purely conceptual in nature.
Contribution
Develops a model that could be tested relating to where clients should search for information.
Findings
Arguments can be made that different environments warrant different priorities for informing sources.
Recommendations for Practitioners
Assess how your sources of information match your perceived environment.
Recommendation for Researchers
Consider developing research designs to test the proposed model.
Impact on Society
Offers a new way of thinking about informing sources.
Future Research
Develop propositions from the model that could be empirically tested in future research.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, v. 21, p. 1-18
Scholar Commons Citation
Gill, Grandon; Mullarkey, Matthew T.; and Satterfield, Ronald K., "Informing on a Rugged Landscape: How Complexity Drives Our Preferred Information Sources" (2018). School of Information Systems and Management Faculty Publications. 63.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/qmb_facpub/63
