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Collaborative Work and Its Relationship to Technologically-mediated Nomadicity

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2014

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This paper explores the relationship between technologically-mediated nomadicity (Tm-N) and issues of computer supported collaborative work. It presents findings from a four-year research project, which set out to investigate issues of Tm-N in academic settings. The findings herein presented support the argument that Tm-N can be seen as a dynamic and emergent process, which unfolds through the enactment of an ecology of practices and permeates both the work and nonwork dimension of the lives of those whose jobs allow or demand some flexibility as to when and where work assignments should be carried out. The main contributions of the paper are: (i) a holistic and in-depth frame to understanding technologically- mediated nomadicity, which provides a more fine-grained and nuanced account of assorted aspects of the notion, and (ii) an analysis on how collaborative activities and computer-mediated remote interactions are related to the spectrum of motivational forces that people draw on to engage in nomadicity.

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Pinatti de Carvalho, Aparecido Fabiano (2014): Collaborative Work and Its Relationship to Technologically-mediated Nomadicity. COOP 2014 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems. Springer, London. ISBN: 978-3-319-06498-7. pp. 209-224. Full Papers. Nice, France. 27-30 May 2014

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