Preventing undesirable effects of mutual trust and the development of skepticism in virtual groups by applying the knowledge and information awareness approach

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-235

  Engelmann, Tanja ^a   Kolodziej, Richard ^a   Hesse, Friedrich W ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative problem solving; Group awareness; Knowledge and information awareness; Mutual skepticism; Mutual trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901829252     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-013-9187-y     Document Type: Article

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