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Virtuality and Virtualization 2007: Portland, Oregon, USA

Virtuality and Virtualization, Proceedings of the International Federation of Information Processing Working Groups 8.2 on Information Systems and Organizations and 9.5 on Virtuality and Society, July 29-31, 2007, Portland, Oregon, USA

Kevin Crowston, Sandra Sieber, Eleanor Wynn

Springer, IFIP 236, ISBN: 978-0-387-73024-0



Contents

Introduction

Virtuality and Virtualization.

Kevin Crowston, Sandra Sieber

 1-7

Keynotes

Beyond Distributed Cognition.

Michael D. Cohen

 11-12

Dig the Dirt.

John Leslie King

 13-18

Frameworks for Understanding Virtuality and Virtualization

Conceptualizing Virtual Collaborative Work.

Michael A. D'Eredita, Michael Sanford Nilan

 21-34

Conduct, Performance, and Dilemmas of Inter-organizational Virtual Organizing.

Sanjeev Jha, Mary Beth Watson-Manheim

 35-50

Process Issues to Achieve Virtualization

Structuring Virtuality.

Michael Sanford Nilan, Anuradha Mundkur

 53-66

Competency Rallying Processes in Virtual Organizations.

Bernard Katzy, Kevin Crowston

 67-83

Spatial and Temporal Boundaries in Global Teams.

Jonathon N. Cummings, J. Alberto Espinosa, Cynthia Pickering

 85-98

Coordinating Global Software Development Activities.

Gamel O. Wiredu

 99-117

The Tension Between Expectations of Availability and the Reality of Availability in Hybrid Teams.

Rosalie J. Ocker, Haiyan Huang, Eileen M. Trauth, Sandeep Purao

 119-131

A Process Maturity Model for Geographically Dispersed Software Sustenance Operations.

Rajeev Sharma, S. Krishna

 133-148

Group Processes in Virtual Teams

A Structurational Perspective on Leadership in Virtual Teams.

Robert Heckman, Kevin Crowston, Nora I. Misiolek

 151-168

Ambassadorial Leadership.

Michael R. Ryan, Richard R. Reilly

 169-182

The Presentation of Self in a Virtual but Work-related Environment.

Emmanuelle Vaast

 183-199

Understanding Virtuality.

Jo Ann M. Brooks

 201-213

Conditions Enabling Effective Multiple Team Membership.

Mark Mortensen, Anita Williams Woolley, Michael Boyer O'Leary

 215-228

Knowledge and Virtuality

Learning Triggers in Virtual Groups.

Hala Annabi

 231-249

Sharing Knowledge in Global Virtual Teams.

Kangning Wei

 251-265

The Practice of e-Science and e-Social Science.

Susan V. Scott, Will Venters

 267-279

From Senses to Sensors.

Ulrika H. Westergren

 281-293

Expertise Management in a Distributed Context.

Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky, Leslie P. Willcocks, Paul C. van Fenema

 295-313

The Role of Fiction in Structuring Virtuality

Building Virtual Spaces.

Andrea Hoplight Tapia, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Ibrahim Yucel, Joseph A. Zupko, Edgar A. Maldonado

 317-334

Refraining Online Games.

Ulrike Schultze, Julie Rennecker

 335-351

Virtualizing the Virtual.

Neil C. Ramiller

 353-366

Panels

Virtualization and Institutions.

Michael Barrett, Elizabeth Davidson, Leiser Silva, Geoff Walsham

 369-372

Exploring the Nature of Virtuality.

Niki Panteli, Mike Chiasson, Lin Yan, Angeliki Poulymenakou, Anthony Papargyris

 373-377

The Social in the Virtual.

Jan Chong, Ingrid Erickson, Kathy J. Lee, Rosanne Siino

 379-382

The Role of Shapers in Knowledge-Sharing.

Ann Majchrzak, Christian Wagner, Dirk Riehle, Peter Thoeny, Sunir Shah, Ward Cunningham

 383-386

Game Architecture and Virtual Teamwork.

Esther Baldwin, Cynthia Pickering, David Smith, David Abecassis, Aaron Molenaur

 387-389

The IT Artifact and Telecommuting.

France Belanger, Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, Susan Harrington, Nancy Johnson, Derrick J. Neufeld

 391-395

Virtual Patients.

Bonnie Kaplan, Peter L. Elkin, Paul N. Gorman, Ross Koppel, Frank Sites, Jan L. Talmon

 397-401