E‐collaboration: A look at past research and future challenges

Pages1-8
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/13287260180001059
Published date01 June 2001
Date01 June 2001
AuthorNed Kock,Robert Davison,Raul Wazlawick,Rosalie Ocker
Subject MatterInformation & knowledge management
Journal of Systems & Information Technology 5(1) Special Edition
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E-COLLABORATION:
A LOOK AT PAST RESEARCH AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Ned Kock
Temple University, USA
Robert Davison
City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Raul Wazlawick
Federal University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil
Rosalie Ocker
Penn State University & Temple
University, USA
Keywords: E-collaboration, E-communication, Collaboration technologies, Computer
mediated communication, Computer-supported collaborative work, Groupware,
Knowledge management
ABSTRACT
The guest-editors of the first Special Issue on E-Collabo ration
provide an introduction to the issue. E-co llaboration is broadly defined
as collaboration among individuals engag ed in a common task using
electronic technologies. A brief history of the evolution of e-collabo ration
technologies is offered along with a discussion of research in the area.
The paper conclu des with a brief review of the contributions to the
Special Issue an d a look at one important future challenge for e-
collaboration researchers, the challenge o f theoretical summarization.
WHAT IS E-COLLABORATION?
Electronic collaboration (e-collaboration) is broadly defined here as
collaboration among individuals engaged in a common task using electronic
technologies. Examples of e-collab oration technologies are Web-based chat tools, Web-
based asynchronous conferencing tools, e-mail, Internet-based listservs, collaborative
writing tools, group decision support systems, and teleconferencing tools.
As far as we know, the term e-collaboration is being used for the first time to
refer to an academic d iscipline in this Special Issue on E-Collaboration of the Journal o f
Systems and Information Technology. The term is being used here as an "umbrella"
term that comprises several other fields, commonly known as computer-mediated
communication, computer-supported cooperative work, groupware, group supp ort
systems, collaboration technologies, and, more recently, the so-called field of knowledge
management.

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