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Walking away from the desktop computer: distributed collaboration and mobility in a product design team

Year: 1996

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: A study of a spatially distributed product design team shows that most members are rarely at their individual desks.Mobility is essential for the use of shared resources and for communication.It facilitates informal interactions and awareness unavailable to colleagues at remote sites.Implications for technology design include portable and distributed computing resources, in particular, moving beyond individual workstation-centric CSCW applications.

Source: ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

DOI: 10.1145/240080.240256

Authors: Victoria Bellotti, Sara Bly

Institution: Apple (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Team Dynamics and Performance

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2164839301

FWCI: 38.71

Cites: 25

Cited by: 460

Related to: 10