Information "Bridging" in a global organization

Allen E. Milewski; Marilyn Tremaine; Richard Egan; Suling Zhang; Felix Köbler; Patrick O'Sullivan

doi:10.1145/1321211.1321258

Information "Bridging" in a global organization

Allen E. Milewski
, Marilyn Tremaine
, Richard Egan
, Suling Zhang
, Felix Köbler
, Patrick O'Sullivan

Informatics

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Abstract

This paper describes an interview study investigating the collaborative information-seeking and - sharing practices of a global software testing team. A site located in Europe was used as a temporal bridge to help in managing time zone differences between the US, China and India. All sites utilized this bridge for critical, synchronous information seeking. Interviews suggest that bridging can be a taxing job and that the success of the bridging arrangement depended upon an intricate balance of temporal, infrastructure and cultural factors

Original language	English (US)
Pages	346-355
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1321211.1321258
State	Published - 2007
Event	2007 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research, CASCON '07 - Richmond Hill, ON, Canada Duration: Oct 22 2007 → Oct 25 2007

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Other	2007 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research, CASCON '07
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Richmond Hill, ON
Period	10/22/07 → 10/25/07

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Computational Theory and Mathematics
Theoretical Computer Science
Education

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