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Informal Communication in Collaboratories

✍ Scribed by Airong Luo

Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Weight: 146 KB
Volume: 43
Category: Article
ISSN: 0044-7870
DOI: 10.1002/meet.14504301187

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study examines how collaboratories affect informal scientific communication. Collaboratories are virtual organizations, where various information technologies are adopted to support distributed scientific work. In this paper, a framework to understand factors affecting informal communication are presented and how these factors play out in collaboratories are discussed. The results of data analysis suggest that collaboratories bring about new opportunities, but there are also barriers to informal communication in collaboratories. Peripheral scientists encounter more barriers than their partners in US and Europe. The paper concludes with a discussion of areas for future research and implications of this study.

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