Cutting into collaboration: understanding coordination in distributed and interdisciplinary medical research
Abstract
Coordinating goals, schedules, and tasks among collaborators is difficult, and made even more so when there are disciplinary, geographic and institutional boundaries that must be spanned. Designing CSCW tools to support coordination in these settings, however, requires an improved under-standing of the constraints and conflicts that impede effective collaboration. We present findings from a study of distributed collaborations between academic surgeons and biomedical engineering researchers. These two groups differ significantly in their work priorities and institutional contexts, but are nonetheless able to work together and co-ordinate effectively. They accomplish this via human mediation, frequent ad hoc communication, and optimizing the use of their limited face-to-face interaction opportunities.
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CSCW research is interested in multi-, inter- and cross-disciplinary research and practice.
“Hence, it is no surprise that CSCW research is interested in multi-, inter- and cross-disciplinary research and practice (e.g., Cummings and Kiesler, 2003; Cummings and Kiesler, 2008; Nomura et al., 2008; Miller et al., 2014; Robb et al., 2016; Lee et al., 2006; Kraut et al., 1987; Jackson et al., 2011; Lawrence, 2006; Lewkowicz et al., 2008; Kane and Luz, 2009; Ylipulli and Luusua, 2019).”
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Kinnula, M., Iivari, N., Kuure, L., & Molin-Juustila, T. (2023) · Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) · doi:10.1007/s10606-023-09473-8 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
“…research is interested in multi-, inter-and cross-disciplinary research and practice (e.g., Cummings and Kiesler, 2003; Cummings and Kiesler, 2008; Nomura et al., 2008; Miller et al., 2014; Robb et al., 2016; Lee et al., 2006; Kraut et al., 1987; Jackson et al., 2011; Lawrence, 2006; Lewkowicz et…”
Background
- Authors
- Nomura, S., Birnholtz, J., Rieger, O., Leshed, G., Trumbull, D., & Gay, G.
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2008 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2008-11-08
- Pages
- 427-436
- OpenAlex
- W2092983660
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.96
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Keywords
- distributed collaboration, coordination, academic surgeons, interdisciplinary collaboration, human mediation, ad hoc communication, face-to-face interaction, institutional boundaries
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