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Information "bridging" in a global organization

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Allen E. Milewski,

Marilyn Tremaine,

Patrick O'SullivanAuthors Info & Claims

CASCON '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference of the center for advanced studies on Collaborative research

Pages 346 - 355

https://doi.org/10.1145/1321211.1321258

Published: 22 October 2007 Publication History

Abstract

This paper describes an interview study investigating the collaborative information-seeking and sharing practices of a global software testing team. A site located in Europe was used as a temporal bridge to help in managing time zome differences between the US, China and India, All sites utilized this bridge for critical, synchronous information seeking. Interviews suggest that bridging can be a taxing job and that the success of the bridging arragement depended upon an intricate balance of temporal, infrastructure and cultural factors.

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CASCON '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference of the center for advanced studies on Collaborative research

October 2007

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Conference Chairs:
Kelly Lyons
IBM Toronto Lab Centre for Advanced Studies
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Christian Couturier
Institute for Information Technology, National Research Council Canada
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Editors:
Bruce Spencer
National Research Council Canada
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Margaret-Anne Storey
University of Victoria
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Darlene Stewart
National Research Council Canada
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Program Chairs:
Bruce Spencer
National Research Council Canada
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Margaret-Anne Storey
University of Victoria

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Zhang SKöbler FTremaine MMilewski A(2012)Instant Messaging in Global Software TeamsAdvancing Collaborative Knowledge Environments10.4018/978-1-61350-459-8.ch010(158-179)Online publication date: 2012
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Milewski AZhang SKöbler FTremaine M(2010)Instant Messaging in Global Software TeamsInternational Journal of e-Collaboration10.4018/jec.20100701036:3(43-63)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/jec.2010070103
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