Category: CSCW
Abstract: This paper is concerned with intellectual
        teamwork, where people work together over
        substantial periods of time to create
        information-intensive products. The variations of
        the members needs over time suggest that different
        communication modalities may be useful at successive
        sages in the life of a long-term project.
        Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is often used
        for some of these stages. To access the utility of
        CMC for the various types and phases of intellectual
        teamwork, an experimented was conducted in which
        participants carried out  complex collaborative
        writing project.  Assessed were the effect of task
        divisibility and communication modality on work
        processes, group performance, and individual
        experiences, as well as the extent to which group
        members felt that the group was a viable and
        cohesive social identity.
Bibtype: InProceedings
Booktitle: Proceedings of the Conference on Computer
        Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '90)
Author: J. Galegher
        R.E. Kraut
Month: October 7-10
Title: Computer-mediated communication for intellectual
        teamwork: A field experiment in group writing
Note: asynchronous conferencing, social impact, evaluation
Year: 1990
Address: Los Angeles, California
Publisher: ACM Press