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What is Collective Meaning

Chapter 15
Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration
The situated, temporary state of mutual understanding between people who share an experience, history or practice.
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Collective Meaning in E-Collaborating Groups
Paul C. van Fenema (Netherlands Defense Academy, The Netherlands) and Peter J. van Baalen (RSM Erasmus University, The Netherlands)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch014
Abstract
The objective of this article is to categorize problems of developing collective meaning in e-collaborating groups, and to develop a theoretical analysis of these cases. We draw on a variety of qualitative studies from the areas of human factors, information systems, and organization studies that all focus on e-collaborating groups having difficulty to develop collective meaning. The article distinguishes problems of collective meaning in terms of expression and reflexivity. Next, an evolutionary perspective is developed that is used for analyzing these two categories. The article concludes with future trends relevant for academics and practitioners working in this area.
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