DocumentCode :
2409079
Title :
Size Does Matter in Computer Collaboration: Heterogeneous Platform Effects on Human-Human Interaction
Author :
Tremaine, M. ; Sarcevic, Aleksandra ; Wu, Dezhi ; Velez, Maria C. ; Dorohonceanu, B. ; Krebs, Allan ; Marsic, Ivan
Author_Institution :
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
fYear :
2005
fDate :
03-06 Jan. 2005
Abstract :
Because today´s workforce is highly mobile, small wireless devices are being used to support mobile work collaboration. However, do computer platform differences affect such collaborations? This question is investigated through a controlled experiment that examines collaborative problem solving on different combinations of small and large computers. Experiment participants in the study work together on solving 2- and 3-dimensional variations of the popular Tetris™ game. Gender is used as a moderating variable to ascertain if prior observed effects on groups of males would be found among females. The findings indicate that platform differences affect communication and social behavior among both groups. Unexpectedly, collaboration amongst partners using small handhelds was the most cooperative and friendly because of the difficulty of solving the problem with the small device.
Keywords :
Collaboration; Collaborative work; Electronic mail; Information processing; Information systems; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Rail transportation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2005. HICSS '05. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
ISSN :
1530-1605
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2268-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2005.543
Filename :
1385298
Link To Document :
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