Can collaborative technologies break social barriers?

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 68-80

  Rahmati, N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Cultural differences; Decision making; Information technology; Meetings; Productivity

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY;

AUSTRALIA; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; COLLABORATIVE WORK; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; MEETINGS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84948656634     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.993862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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