Advancing collaborative knowledge environments new trends in e-collaboration /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Kock, Ned F., 1964-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Information technology > Management.; Telematics.; Knowledge management.; Information resources management.; Collaborative performance; Collaborative working environments; Distributed collaboration; Global software teams; Knowledge-intensive work processes; Mobile collaboration technologies; Real-time collaboration; Self-regulation in instant messaging; Trust development; Virtual research environments
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"This book discusses the latest findings in knowledge-intensive, collaborative environments, focusing on frameworks and solutions for improving collaboration online"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. From collaborative tools to collaborative working environments / Wolfgang Prinz, Maria Antonia Martinez-Carreras and Marc Pallot
• 2. Towards a reference architecture for collaborative work environments / Vassilios Peristeras ... [et al.]
• 3. Emerging collaboration routines in knowledge-intensive work processes: insights from three case studies / Burak Sari, Hermann Loeh and Bernhard R. Katzy
• 4. Collaborative performance: addressing the ROI of collaboration / Kjetil Kristensen and Björn Kijl
• 5. Collaborative distance: a framework for distance factors affecting the performance of distributed collaboration / Marc Pallot, Maria Antonia Martínez-Carreras and Wolfgang Prinz
• 6. Socio-technical influences on virtual research environments / Marisa Ponti
• 7. An integrated collaboration environment for various types of collaborative knowledge work / Frank Fuchs-Kittowski and Eric Siegeris
• 8. Communication genres for dispersed real-time collaboration (RTC): the role of presence and awareness / Frank Frössler
• 9. Self-regulation in instant messaging (IM): failures, strategies, and negative consequences / Anabel Quan-Haase
• 10. Instant messaging in global software teams / Suling Zhang ... [et al.]
• 11. Using WarpPLS in E-collaboration studies: an overview of five main analysis steps / Ned Kock
• 12. Scaffolding solutions to business problems: trust development as a learning process / Herbert Remidez and James M. Laffey
• 13. Mapping the need for mobile collaboration technologies: a fit perspective / Saonee Sarker ... [et al.]
• 14. Improved information connectivity and visibility throughout the global supply base / William Wilson and Kevin Duffy.