This paper expands, refines, and explicates media synchronicity theory, originally proposed in a conference proceeding 1999 (Dennis Valacich 1999). Media theory (MST) focuses on the ability of to support synchronicity, shared pattern coordinated behavior among individuals as they work together. We expand original propositions MST argue that communication is composed two primary processes: conveyance convergence. The familiarity with tasks are performing their coworkers will also affect...

Prior research on technology and team performance concludes that the fit of to tasks influences performance. It also suggests way teams appropriate This examines how appropriation (from Fit Appropriation Model) influence over time. Initially, results show better predicted performance; using poor-fitting performed worse than with fitting technology. However, a short time period (two days in this study), initial no longer remained constant while innovated adapted, improving There are two key...

This study integrates the literature on computer anxiety and communication apprehension to determine their joint impact upon individual attitudes toward using use of mediated (CMC). We introduce application-specific CMC anxiety, defined as an individual' s level fear or associated with actual anticipated information technology communicate others. Furthermore, we advance a new nomological structure that positions proximal mediating construct between more general constructs apprehension,...

Research has examined the role of technology in instruction and corporate training for over three decades. Advances communication computing technologies, coupled with wide availability Internet, have spurred additional interest technology-mediated distance education programs. Yet, it is important to realize that can both enhance hinder education. In this paper, we report results a field study conducted understand how particular set individual characteristics, anxiety associated computers...

AbstractRequirements elicitation is a central and critical activity in the systems analysis design process. This paper explores nature of challenges that confront analysts their clients during requirements elicitation. A review literature highlights communication as persistent locus concern among analysts, users procurers. The presents classification arise process.Empirical evidence from brief case study used to illustrate scope impact these present complementary approach introduces...

Research problem: Organizations continue to rely upon virtual teams, yet knowing how, and for how long, individual members' computer-mediated communication (CMC) anxiety affects team interactions performance outcomes is not well-known. questions: (1) What the relationship between CMC participation? (2) How does this influence perceptions of performance? (3) Does persist over time? Literature review: A literature review including media structures, input-mediator-output effectiveness, elements...

ABSTRACT: We investigate how audit fee disclosures affect investor perceptions of characteristics. find evidence that when fees are presented to investors with supplementary contextual information indicating the low, average, or high (as compared industry averages), perceive quality and auditor effort as being high, respectively. When not provided any additional concerning (similar present state disclosures), assess average. Surprisingly, we while independence respectively, relative similar...

Using literature from impression formation and social information processing theory, we examine the impact of communication style on durability in a mediated environment. We leverage common writing styles found workplace emails—emoticons, uppercase, lowercase, typographical errors—to how message receivers evaluate senders using these styles. Via lab experiment with 748 subjects, including undergraduate students, graduate working professionals, that impressions were associated beyond email...

This research examines whether expectation of future interaction or team-based incentives can influence shared leadership and performance in virtual teams. The results an experiment indicate that teams provided with generated higher levels individual team performance. Teams anticipating incentivized by achieved the highest Our anticipation are useful methods for motivating achieving increased

This research examines how different levels of task-technology fit can impact collaboration technology effectiveness and efficiency over time. The results a longitudinal experiment indicate that initially, teams using poor-fitting had lower efficiency, satisfaction, perceptions than fitting technology. Over time, however, poor-fit improved while remained consistent, thereby eliminating the initial differences in measured outcomes between teams. suggest may be more relevant as predictor...

This research examines how the provision of virtual team membership consistency may impact perceptions communication technology and interactions as well performance. The results from a repeated measures experiment finds that teams with expectations inconsistency in have more negative perception supporting technology, perceive less coordination than consistent teams. Additionally, members on interpersonal conflict, greater coordination, enjoy performance outcomes. Virtual is an important...

Legislative requirements like those in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have sharply increased incidence of monitoring electronic communications, but consequences this trend are little understood. This study examines impact organizational sensitive instant message (IM) discussions with a designed experiment. When their IMs known to be monitored, individuals found curtail discussion personally incriminating information and increase spontaneous denials knowledge topics. Surprisingly, perhaps, they also...

One of the most widely used media theories is Media Richness Theory (MRT), which argues that task performance will be improved when information needs are matched to a medium’s information richness (later called just “media richness”). capable sending “rich” (e.g., face-to-face meetings) better suited equivocal tasks (where there are multiple interpretations for information) and less (e.g., computer-mediated communication) best with lack information. MRT was developed theorize should...

Over the past three decades, organizations have engaged in business-process, organizational, and technological redesigns to take advantage of opportunities enabled by internet innovation. Often...

Emergent work suggests that benefits of intuitive decision making accrue not only to individuals, but also teams–especially in complex social settings such as strategic leadership teams (SLTs). However, prior on SLTs remains focused the intuition individual makers, and team is fragmented, leaving an unclear picture how might develop leverage strategy-making. To address these issues, we build broader literature team-based intuitions propose five forms SLT vary based locus involvement leaders....

This research examines how monitoring electronic communications can influence the types and frequency of communication potentially damaging information, which we term hazard communication. The results a laboratory experiment indicate that individuals, when monitored, will alter their behavior by sharing less information communicating less. Individuals in non-monitored condition engaged more communication, self-disclosing reporting on observed behaviors than individuals monitored condition....

This research attempts to address the question, what factors may influence perceptions and development of a group social identity on new virtual team? Of particular interest are prior experiences with team environments, experience technology, other organizational contextual that be relevant. makes use natural field experiment qualitative study two university colleges make teams communication. One college had previously undergone merger while not. The findings indicate previous for one still...