Interdisciplinary Applications of Electronic Collaboration Approaches and Technologies

Interdisciplinary Applications of Electronic Collaboration Approaches and Technologies

Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 299

ISBN13: 9781466620209|ISBN10: 146662020X|EISBN13: 9781466620216

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2020-9

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With the advent and advancement of E-Collaboration tools, our way of social interaction and online social behavior has altered drastically. With new ways of communicating and working together, we must understand how this affects human behavior.

Interdisciplinary Applications of Electronic Collaboration Approaches and Technologies addresses the design and implementation of e-collaboration technologies, assesses its behavioral impact on individuals and groups, and presents theoretical considerations on links between the use of e-collaboration technologies and behavioral patterns. An innovative collection of the latest research findings, this book covers significant topics such as Web-based chat tools, Web-based asynchronous conferencing tools, e-mail, listservs and many others, perfect for academics, researchers, and professionals alike.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

Chapter 1

A Semantic E-Collaboration Approach to Enable Awareness in Globally Distributed Organizations (pages 1-16)

Eldar Sultanow, Edzard Weber, Sean Cox

Collaboration in temporal and spatially distributed environments has consistently faced the challenge of intense awareness extensively more than locally concentrated team play. Awareness means being informed, in conjunction with an...

Chapter 2

An Exploratory Study of How Technology Supports Communication in Multilingual Groups (pages 17-29)

Milam Aiken, Jianfeng Wang, Linwu Gu, Joseph Paolillo

In this paper, the authors study how new technology can support multilingual groups. Their results show that no significant difference was found between group members’ comprehension of contributed comments and their stated minimum...

Chapter 3

The Virtual Individual Education Plan (IEP) Team: Using Online Collaboration to Develop a Behavior Intervention Plan (pages 30-45)

Robyn M. Catagnus, Donald A. Hantula

A team of professional educators in a private school for children with disabilities (a Virtual IEP Team) used an online platform to collaborate and produce a behavior intervention plan for a student. The collaboration was effective...

Chapter 4

Measuring Collective Cognition in Online Collaboration Venues (pages 46-61)

Paul Dwyer

By monitoring online conversations, organizations can receive value from the intellectual activity of their most interested constituents as they engage in problem solving and ideation. However, since intergroup dynamics often hinders...

Chapter 5

Using WarpPLS in E-Collaboration Studies: Descriptive Statistics, Settings, and Key Analysis Results (pages 62-78)

Ned Kock

This is a follow-up on a previous article (Kock, 2010b) discussing the five main steps through which a nonlinear structural equation modeling analysis could be conducted with the software WarpPLS (warppls.com). Both this and the...

Chapter 6

The Influence of Information Technology on Organizational Behavior: Study of Identity Challenges in Virtual Teams (pages 79-95)

Babak Sohrabi, Aryan Gholipour, Behnam Amiri

This paper attempts to examine the effects of virtual team dimensions on social identities of its members. A review of the literature shows that the geographically dispersed, culturally diverse as well as temporary dimensions of...

Chapter 7

Web Enabled Design Collaboration in India (pages 96-111)

Shaheli Guha, Biswajit Thakur, Tuhin Subhra Konar, Shibnath Chakrabarty

Designing large scale real estate projects often requires collaboration between consultants and agencies that are located in different geographical areas. The added constraint of geographical distance to a design approach that...

Chapter 8

Using WarpPLS in E-Collaboration Studies: Mediating Effects, Control and Second Order Variables, and Algorithm Choices (pages 112-124)

Ned Kock

This is a follow-up on two previous articles on WarpPLS and E-collaboration. The first discussed the five main steps through which a variancE-based nonlinear structural equation modeling analysis could be conducted with the software...

Chapter 9

Shared Mental Model Development During Technology-Mediated Collaboration (pages 125-142)

Hayward P. Andres

This study examines how collaboration mode – face-to-face and videoconferencing technology-mediated virtual teams - shapes negotiated shared interpretation of ideas needed for shared mental model construction. Social impact theory...

Chapter 10

WikiDesign: A Semantic Wiki to Evaluate Collaborative Knowledge (pages 143-154)

Davy Monticolo, Samuel Gomes

This paper presents a knowledge evaluation and evolution in a knowledge management system by using a Semantic Wiki approach. The authors describe a Semantic Wiki called WikiDesign which is a component of a Knowledge Management...

Chapter 11

Industry Perspective-Collaborating from a Distance: Success Factors of Top-Performing Virtual Teams (pages 155-165)

Darleen DeRosa

Rising travel costs, coupled with the global dispersion of talent, are two of the reasons that organizations have migrated toward virtual teamwork. While numerous organizations have made significant investments in virtual teams and...

Chapter 12

The Level Paradox of E-Collaboration: Dangers and Solutions (pages 166-187)

Ana Ortiz de Guinea

Although e-collaboration phenomena are multilevel in nature, research to date has been conducted from an exclusively single-level focus. This has lead to the level paradox. The dangers of the level paradox are discussed, including...

Chapter 13

E-Collaboration Within, Between, and Without Institutions: Towards Better Functioning of Online Groups Through Networks (pages 188-203)

Ina Blau

This paper discusses different ways for the exchange of knowledge in networks - within, between, and without institutions, as well as their implication on networks in economy and society. Network systems based on technologies and...

Chapter 14

Towards an Affordance-Based Theory of Collaborative Action (CoAct) (pages 204-227)

John T. Nosek

Collaborative Action provides a novel approach to modeling interaction among users and machines and IT-mediated collaboration among people to solve problems. CoAct extends the notions of affordance and moves away from idiosyncratic...

Chapter 15

Working Effectively in a Matrix: Building and Sustaining Cooperation (pages 228-237)

Jennifer Forgie

The complexities of today’s organizations have made it increasingly challenging for leaders to encourage and sustain a culture of cooperation. As organizations become flatter and leaner and people are required to do “more with less,”...

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