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Collaborative Distance
Investigating Distance Factors Affecting Collaboration Performance
ISBN/EAN: 9783846583258
Umbreit-Nr.: 3183699
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 308 S.
Format in cm: 1.9 x 22 x 15
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 15.02.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
- Zusatztext
- Both organisations and individuals are using more collaborative work, across geographic, disciplinary and organisational boundaries, leading to increased demand for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support a more effective and efficient online collaboration. This thesis presents an empirical study exploring various aspects related to collaborative distance in the context of innovation projects. It focuses on the investigation of issues related to distance factors that affect collaboration effectiveness and efficiency. This empirical study aims to enlarge the academic understanding of distance factors by disambiguating their description and deciphering their role in the collaboration process, and clarifying the reasons for the use and improvement of collaboration technology for overcoming collaborative distances. It confirms that distance factors raise collaboration barriers, and reveals that they disturb the collaboration mechanics by hindering knowledge workers capacity to reach a mutual understanding. These findings have deep implications for the future enhancement of collaboration technology to fill the current gaps in online collaboration (eCollaboration).
- Autorenportrait
- Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Concurrent Enterprise, Nottingham University Business School. His research is dedicated to Collaborative Innovation. He was formerly Vice-President for Product Marketing & Engineering at Win Technology, a Workflow software house. He is co-founder of the ICE conference and member of ACM and IEEE-CS.