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Board-Based Collaboration in Cross-Cultural Pairs

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Intercultural Collaboration (IWIC 2007)

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This paper reports on an ongoing study of cross-cultural collaboration mediated by board-based collaborative systems. Twenty-one pairs (American-Chinese and American-American pairs) performed collaborative design tasks either face-to-face or remotely. Survey data, video recording, and design products were collected to examine the impact of Culture (American- American vs. American-Chinese), Medium (Face-to-Face vs. Computer- Supported), and Board-based System (MimioTM vs. SMART BoardTM) on the process and outcomes of collaboration. Results from the survey showed significant effects of these variables on measures of common ground, cognitive consensus building, perceived performance, and satisfaction. The effects on perceived performance were robust. American-Chinese pairs reported a significantly lower level of consensus when using a system that supports unidirectional (MimioTM) rather than bi-directional (SMART BoardTM) interaction on the board.

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    Gregorio Convertino & Mary Beth Rosson

  2. College of Liberal Arts, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Dept.,  

    Yang Zhang & Susan Mohammed

  3. College of Engineering, Dept. of Industrial Engineering The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16803,  

    Brian Asti

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Convertino, G., Zhang, Y., Asti, B., Rosson, M.B., Mohammed, S. (2007). Board-Based Collaboration in Cross-Cultural Pairs. In: Ishida, T., Fussell, S.R., Vossen, P.T.J.M. (eds) Intercultural Collaboration. IWIC 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4568. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74000-1_24

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