Research & Publications

I am an expert on emergent group processes. Much of my research is motivated by an overarching question: 

What enables those who are separated by boundaries (e.g., organizational groups, social distinctions, differential knowledge, physical and temporal distance) to come together, learn from one another, and collaborate effectively?  

Areas of Interest & Selected Publications (click on the blue button for an overview of each area)

Full Publication List (see also Google Scholar Citations        ORCID Page) 

Kane, A.A., Paletz, S.B.F., Vahlkamp, S.H., Nelson, T., Porter, A., Diep, M. & Carraway, M. (2023) Intelligence analysis shift work: Sensemaking processes, tensions and takeaways. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 1-6.  https://doi.org/10.1177/21695067231192569 

Kane, A. A., van Swol, L. M (2023). Using linguistic inquiry and word count software to analyze group interaction language data. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. 27(3), 188–201. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000195  Co-Winner of the 2023 Group Dynamics Most Valuable Paper Award

Kane, A. A., van Swol, L. M., & Sarmiento- Lawrence, I. G. (2023) Emotional contagion in online groups as a function of valence and status, 139. Computers in Human Behavior.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107543 

Kane, A. A. & van Swol, L.M. (2022). Harnessing a language analysis perspective to uncover emergent group processes. In M. Dehghani & R.L. Boyd (Eds). Handbook of Language Analysis in Psychology. (125 - 140). New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press.

Kane, A. A. & Rink, F. R. (2020) Personnel movement as a mechanism for learning in organizations and teams.  In. L. Argote & J. M. Levine (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Group and Organizational Learning. (355 - 364). New York, N.Y: Oxford University Press. Online publication . doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190263362.013.20 

van Swol, L. M., & Kane, A. A. (2019). Language and group processes: An integrative, interdisciplinary review. Small Group Research, 2019 Annual Review Issue, 50, 3-38. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496418785019. Winner of the 2018-2019 Best Article in Small Group Research Award

Kane, A. A., Kiesler, S., & Kang, R. (2018). Inaccuracy blindness in collaboration persists, even with an evaluation prompt. CHI '18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1-9. doi: 10.1145/3173574.3174068

Kane, A. A. & Levina, N. (2017). “Am I still one of them?”: Bicultural immigrant managers navigating social identity threats when spanning global boundaries. Journal of Management Studies, 54, 540-577. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12259. This article appears in the Special Issue: Boundary Spanning in Global Organizations edited by A. Schotter, R. Mudambi, Y. Doz, & A. Guar. Finalist for the 2018 International Human Resource Management Scholarly Research Award, Human Resources Division, Academy of Management.

Rink, F., Kane, A. A., Ellemers, N., & van der Vegt, G. S. (2017). Change in organizational work teams. In E. Salas, R. Rico, & J. Passmore (Eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Teamworking and Collaborative Processes (pp. 177 - 194) Somerset, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.

Kane, A. A., & Rink, F. (2016). When and how groups utilize dissenting newcomer knowledge: Newcomers’ future prospects condition the effect of language-based identity strategies. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Special issue: Deviance in Groups: Current Perspectives on Enduring Questions edited by J. M. Levine & J. M. Marques. 19(5): 591-607 https://doi.org/ 10.1177/1368430216638534

Kane, A. A. & Rink, F. (2015). Team Newcomers. Oxford Bibliographies in Management. Ed. Ricky Griffin. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/ 10.1093/OBO/97801998467400050

Kane, A. A., & Rink, F. (2015). How newcomers influence group utilization of their knowledge: Integrating versus differentiating strategies. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice,19, 91 - 105. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000024

Dokko, G., Kane, A. A., Tortoriello, M. (2014) One of us or one of my friends: How social identity and tie strength shape the creative generativity of boundary-spanning ties. Organization Studies, 35, 707-726.https:// doi.org/ 10.1177/0170840613508397.

Kang, R., Kane, A. A., & Kiesler, S. (2014). Teammate inaccuracy blindness: When information sharing tools hinder collaborative analysis. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW ‘14). NY: ACM Press. https://doi.org/ 10.1145/2531602.2531681

Rink, F. & Kane, A.A. (2014) Conflict and change in teams: The innovative newcomer challenge. In O.B. Ayoko, N.M. Ashkanasy, & K.A. Jehn (Eds.) Handbook of Conflict Management Research (pp. 205 - 220). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Edgar.

Rink, F., Kane, A. A., Ellemers, N., & van der Vegt, G. S. (2013) Team receptivity to newcomers: Five decades of evidence and future research themes. The Academy of Management Annals, 7:1, 245-291. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/19416250.2013.766405

Kane, A. A. & Steele, A. L. (2012) Taking actions to deal with climate change risks and opportunities: Developing strong superordinate identities within corporations to promote knowledge transfer and creation. In J.A.F. Stoner and C. Wankel (Eds.) Managing Climate Change Business Risks and Consequences: Leadership for Global Sustainability (pp. 207-225). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Salazar, M. R., Lant, T. K., & Kane, A. A. (2011). To join or not to join: An investigation of individual facilitators and inhibitors of medical faculty participation in interdisciplinary research teams. Clinical and Translational Science, 4(4), 274-278. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00321.x

Kane, A. A. & Rink, F. (2011) Newcomers as active agents: Team receptivity to integrating vs. differentiating identity strategies. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (Meeting Abstract Supplement), 1-6. https://doi.org/ 10.5465/AMBPP.2011.65869733

Kane, A. A. (2010). Unlocking knowledge transfer potential: Knowledge demonstrability and superordinate social identity. Organization Science, 21(3), 643-660. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0469

Levina, N. & Kane, A.A. (2009) I am not one of them anymore: Onshore immigrant managers on offshored software development projects. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (Meeting Abstract Supplement), 1-6.  https://doi.org/ 10.5465/AMBPP.2009.44270100 (Nominee for the Carolyn Dexter Award from the OCIS Division of the Academy of Management)

Argote, L. & Kane, A.A. (2009) Superordinate identity and knowledge creation and transfer in organizations. In N.J Foss and S. Michailova (Eds.) Knowledge Governance: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives (pp. 166-190). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Levina, N. & Kane, A.A. (2009) Immigrant Managers as Boundary Spanners on Offshored Software Development Projects: Partners or Bosses? Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration (IWIC’09), 978-1-60558-198-9.  https://doi.org/ 10.1145/1499224.1499236 (Winner of best paper award).

Kane, A.A., Argote, L., & Levine, J.M. (2005) Knowledge transfer between groups via personnel rotation: Effects of social identity and knowledge quality. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 96, 56-71.  https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.obhdp.2004.09.002

Argote, L. & Kane, A.A. (2003) Learning from direct and indirect experience in organizations: The effects of experience content, timing, and distribution. In P. Paulus and B. Nijstad (Eds.) Group Creativity: Innovation through Collaboration (pp. 277-303). New York: Oxford University Press.

Grants

Army Research Office. Human-Agent Teaming on Intelligence Tasks (Co-Principal Investigator sub-award passed through the University of Maryland via principal investigator (PI). 2022-2024.

Army Research Office. Human-Agent Teaming on Intelligence Tasks (Consultant and intellectual contributor working with University of Maryland via principal investigator Dr. Susannah Paletz and co-PI Dr. Adam Porter). 2020-2022.

A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Team Receptivity to Newcomers. (Principal Investigator). 2014 – 2015.

National Science Foundation, Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems. Sharing insights across multiple virtual organizations. (sub-award passed through Carnegie Mellon University via principal investigator, Dr. Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University) 2012-2014.

National Science Foundation, Decision Risk and Management Science Program. Social Identity and Knowledge Transfer. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Linda Argote) 2003-2006.

Editorial Work

• Associate Editor, Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice (2022 - present)

• Editorial Board, Academy of Management Discoveries (2020 - present)

• Editorial Board, Organization Science (2009 - present)

• Editorial Board, Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice (2017 - present)

• Editorial Board, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2006 - 2007)

Updated March 2024