Professorial collaborations via CMC: Interactional dialectics

    Authors

    M. Thompson-Hayes; D. M. Gibson; A. T. Scott;L. M. Webbd

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    Abstract

    We conducted twenty semi-structured interviews with university professors from eight states in the US about their collaborations via computer mediated communication. Our thematic analysis of verbatim transcripts uncovered four dialectical tensions (an interplay of opposing and contradictory forces typically resolved through communication) in such interactions: relational connection and personal autonomy, creativity and the mundane, task and socio-emotional goals, as well as novelty and efficacy. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Computers in Human Behavior

    Volume

    25

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    208

    Last Page

    216

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000264182300024

    ISSN

    0747-5632

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