Xing Fei, Peng Guochao, Jia Yicheng, Zuo Siming
[Purpose/Significance] Effective knowledge integration is the key factor for the success of interdisciplinary team members' cooperation.Interdisciplinary team members who undertake smart manufacturing project were selected as research objects,this paper aims to excavate and analyze the factors influencing knowledge integration of interdisciplinary team members from the informatics perspective,reveals the law of knowledge integration of interdisciplinary team members,promotes interdisciplinary team building,improves knowledge integration ability and provides reference for interdisciplinary team collaboration.[Method/Process] Case study was adopted and 24 typical interdisciplinary team members of smart manufacturing based on the cooperation between'First-Class'universities and high-tech enterprise were selected.Semi-structured interview was adopted to obtain first-hand interview data.Thematic analysis was used as the leading tool for exploratory and in-depth analysis.[Result/Conclusion] The research showed that the knowledge integration of interdisciplinary team members was affected by six factors,namely,individual emotional needs,personal relationship needs,knowledge integration environment,integration methods,the characteristics of knowledge discreteness and difference.On this basis,a model of influencing factors of knowledge integration for interdisciplinary team members was constructed.