Title

Professorial Collaborations Via Cmc: Interactional Dialectics

Keywords

Collective behavior; College teachers; Computer mediated communication; Dialectics; Qualitative study; Written communication

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. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Publication Title

Computers in Human Behavior

Volume

25

Issue

1

Number of Pages

208-216

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2008.09.003

Socpus ID

54449096826 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/54449096826

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