Widening the Lens on Expertise in Teams in an AI Era
Abstract
This essay argues that today’s teams need a broader, communication-centered, multilevel understanding of expertise in an AI era. Rather than treating expertise as a stable attribute located in individuals, it foregrounds how expertise is enacted and negotiated across people, AI tools, and everyday work practices. I outline three directions for future research: tracing how expertise circulates in AI-mediated work, designing communicative safeguards that sustain accountability, and developing practices that make human-AI expertise legible and durable over time.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Team Dynamics and Performance
Innovative Education and Learning Practices
Information Systems Theories and Implementation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Small Group Research
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 437–441
- Publication date
- 11 March 2026
- Language
- EN