Using visual representations as boundary objects to resolve conflict in collaborative model-building approaches

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-208

  Black, Laura J ^a   Andersen, David F ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Collaboration; Group model building; Problem solving; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; GROUP MODEL BUILDING; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84868615288     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2106     Document Type: Article

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