Virtuality and virtualization : proceedings of the International Federation of Information Processing Working Groups 8.2 on Information Systems and Organizations and 9.5 on Virtuality and Society, July 29-31, 2007, Portland, Oregon, USA by Crowston, Kevin; Sieber, Sandra; Wynn, Eleanor H; IFIP Working Group 8.2; International Federation for Information Processing. Working Group 9.5 instant download

Virtuality and virtualization : proceedings of the International Federation of Information Processing Working Groups 8.2 on Information Systems and Organizations and 9.5 on Virtuality and Society, July 29-31, 2007, Portland, Oregon, USA by Crowston, Kevin; Sieber, Sandra; Wynn, Eleanor H; IFIP Working Group 8.2; International Federation for Information Processing. Working Group 9.5 instant download

1 online resource (ix, 404 pages) :, International Federation for Information Processing The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of referred international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the dissemination and exchange of information about all aspects of computing. For more information about the 300 other books in the IFIP series, please visit www.springer.com. For more information about IFIP, please visit www.ifip.org, Print version record, Includes bibliographical references and index, Virtuality and virtualization / Kevin Crowston, Sandra Sieber -- Beyound distributed cognition / Michael D. Cohen -- Dig in the dirt / John Leslie King -- Conceptualizing virtual collaborative work / Michael A. D'Erefita, Michael S. Nilan -- Conduct, Perormance, and dilemmas of inter-organizational virtual organizing / Sanjeev Jha, Mary Beth Watson-Manheim -- Structuring virtuality / Michael S. Nilan, Anurandha Mundkur -- Competency rallying processes in virtual organizations / Bernard Katzy, Kevin Crowston -- Spatial and temporal boundaries in global teams / Jonathon N. Cummings, J. Alberto Espinosa, Cynthia K. Pickering -- Coordinating global software development activites / Gambel O. Wiredu -- The tension between expectations of availability and the reality of availability in hybrid teams /…