Virtual environments at work: Ongoing use of MUDs in the Workplace

Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Work Activities Coordination and Collaboration, WACC 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 99-108

  Churchill, Elizabeth F ^a   Bly, Sara ^b  

^a FX PALO ALTO LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Sara Bly Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Computer mediated communication; Coordination; Distributed teams; Informal conversations; Interviews; MUDs

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATION; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COORDINATION; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MUDS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85019552109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/295665.295677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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