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CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Using social psychology to motivate contributions to online communities
Under-contribution is a problem for many online communities. Social psychology theories of social loafing and goal-setting can provide mid-level design principles to address this ...
Gerard Beenen, Kimberly S. Ling, Xiaoqing Wang, Kl...
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Field studies of computer system administrators: analysis of system management tools and practices
Computer system administrators are the unsung heroes of the information age, working behind the scenes to configure, maintain, and troubleshoot the computer infrastructure that un...
Rob Barrett, Eser Kandogan, Paul P. Maglio, Eben M...
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
The AWARE architecture: supporting context-mediated social awareness in mobile cooperation
Maintaining social awareness of the working context of fellow coworkers is crucial to successful cooperation. For mobile, non colocated workers, however, this social awareness is ...
Jakob E. Bardram, Thomas Riisgaard Hansen
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Influencing group participation with a shared display
During face-to-face interactions, groups frequently overly rely on the dominant viewpoint to lead the group in its decision-making process. We begin with a discussion of this phen...
Joan Morris DiMicco, Anna Pandolfo, Walter Bender
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
QnA: augmenting an instant messaging client to balance user responsiveness and performance
The growing use of Instant Messaging for social and work-related communication has created a situation where incoming messages often become a distraction to users while they are p...
Daniel Avrahami, Scott E. Hudson
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Controlling interruptions: awareness displays and social motivation for coordination
Spontaneous communication is common in the workplace but can be disruptive. Such communication usually benefits the initiator more than the target of an interruption. Previous res...
Laura A. Dabbish, Robert E. Kraut
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Learning from project history: a case study for software development
The lack of lightweight communication channels and other technical and sociological difficulties make it hard for new members of a non-collocated software development team to lea...
Davor Cubranic, Gail C. Murphy, Janice Singer, Kel...
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Collaborating around collections: informing the continued development of photoware
This paper explores the embodied interactional ways in which people naturally collaborate around and share collections of photographs. We employ ethnographic studies of paper-base...
Andy Crabtree, Tom Rodden, John A. Mariani
HUMAN
2005
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Internet Collaboration: A Promise for Technology Transferring to Developing Countries
Internet-based collaboration opens a vast stream of opportunities for developing countries in acquiring international assistance. In this paper, we identify technology transferring...
Duminda Nishantha, Yukuo Hayashida, Takeshi Katsuk...
HUMAN
2005
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Groupware Design for Supporting International Medical Collaboration over the Internet
Abstract. A groupware that integrates synchronous and asynchronous collaboration paradigms is developed to support international medical collaboration activities carried out among ...
Duminda Nishantha, Yukuo Hayashida, Takeshi Katsuk...