Conceptualizing the awareness of collaboration: A qualitative study of a global virtual team

Computer Supported Cooperative Work: CSCW: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-322

  Leinonen, Piritta ^a   Järvelä, Sanna ^a   Häkkinen, Päivi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Awareness of collaboration; Computer Supported Collaborative Learning; Computer Supported Cooperative Work; Distributed team; Social cognition; Virtual teamwork

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AWARENESS OF COLLABORATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DISTRIBUTED TEAM; SOCIAL COGNITION; VIRTUAL TEAMWORK;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 26844547002     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-005-9002-z     Document Type: Article

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