Applying CSCW technology to overcome traditional barriers in group interactions

Organizational culture and information systems adoption: A three-perspective approach

“…Schein (1985, p. 84) defines culture as "the pattern of basic assumptions that a given group have invested, discovered or developed in learning to cope with its problems of external adaptation and integration and that has worked well enough in the past to be considered valid and, therefore, to be taught to new members as the correct way to perceive, think and feel in relation to those problems". Other IS studies (Abdul-Gader, 1997;Ferratt & Vlahos, 1998;Kamel & Davison, 1996;King & Sethi, 1999), particularly studies which examine culture at the national level, have been influenced by the work of (Hofstede, 1980) and conceptualized culture as the "collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one human group from another" (p. 343).…”

Building Information Modeling Integrated With Electronic Commerce Material Procurement and Supplier Performance Management System

“… Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) is the technology which combines the understanding of the way people work in groups with the enabling technologies of computer networking, and associated hardware, software, services and techniques (Kamel and Davison, 1998). BIM includes a database that comprises computer three-dimensional models and provides high possibility for project members from various professional backgrounds to share the same data and work with the same model.…”

Proposal and Evaluation of Adaptive Multimedia Utilization Method for Reliable Web Based Collaboration

“…Despite its many benefits, there is a lack of tools [1], [2] that could adaptively support effective interaction among users to make such collaboration a success. In remote collaboration, misunderstandings can occur during interaction due to different user backgrounds, different competency level and different personal agendas as well as their existence in unreliable remote communication sites.…”

“…For example, Kamel [1] discussed existing features of computer supported collaborative work systems which can solve general problems in group interaction. Lewkowicz [2] elaborated general guidelines for humans to avoid misunderstandings in cross-cultural communication in virtual engineering teams and discussed the role IT tools can play to solve such misunderstandings.…”