Title

Professorial collaborations via CMC: Interactional dialectics

Authors

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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