Users' experiences in collaborative writing using Collaboratus, an Internet-based collaborative work

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 243-252

  Lowry, P B ^a   Albrecht, C C ^a   Lee, J D ^a   Nunamaker, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Application software; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Data security; Information management; International collaboration; Internet; IP networks; Writing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; GROUPWARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SECURITY OF DATA; TECHNICAL WRITING;

COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; COLLABORATIVE TOOLS; COLLABORATIVE WORK; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; IP NETWORKS;

INTERNET;

EID: 84948665099     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.993879     Document Type: Article

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