• DocumentCode
    1859227
  • Title

    Role conflict in groupware

  • Author

    Watt, Stuart

  • Author_Institution
    Human Cognition Res. Lab., Open Univ., Milton Keynes, UK
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    12-14 May 1993
  • Firstpage
    229
  • Lastpage
    235
  • Abstract
    Groupware and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) systems are usually considered collaborative, but some kinds of group activity can actually be competitive. The author examines the differences between systems with one role and with several roles and how this potential conflict between the different roles arises. Design rules are provided to reduce the problems of this conflict. These rules are illustrated by an example of a large collaborative system involving many different roles
  • Keywords
    game theory; groupware; CSCW systems; collaborative systems; competitive activities; computer-supported cooperative work; design rules; group activity; groupware; role conflict; Application software; Cognition; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Decision support systems; Humans; Laboratories; Mediation; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems, 1993., Proceedings of International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rotterdam
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-3135-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291744
  • Filename
    291744