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Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
(2-volumes)
Edited By: Brian Whitworth, Massey University (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand; Aldo de Moor, CommunitySense, The Netherlands
Table of Contents:
Section I: General Socio-Technical Theory

    Prologue by Tom Stewart, System Concepts Limited, London

Chapter I: The Social Requirements of Technical Systems

    Brian Whitworth, Massey University Albany, New Zealand

Chapter II: The Social Study of Computer Science

    Matti Tedre, Tumaini University, Tanzania

Chapter III: Virtual Collaboration and Community

    Ann Borda, Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative, Australia
    Jonathan P. Bowen, London South Bank University, United Kingdom

Chapter IV: The Social Derivation of Technical Systems

    David Davenport, Bilkent University, Turkey

Chapter V: Socio-Technical Theory And Work Systems in the Information Age

    Ken Eason, Loughborough University, UK
    Josè Luis Abdelnour-Nocera, Thames Valley University, UK

Chapter VI: An Engagement Strategy for Community Network Research and Design

    Peter Day, University of Brighton - England, UK

Chapter VII: On the Alignment of Organizational and Software Structure

    Cleidson R. B. de Souza, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brasil
    David F. Redmiles, University of California - Irvine, USA

Section II: Socio-Technical Perspectives

    Prologue by Ronald K. Stamper , UK

Chapter VIII: Privacy and the Identity Gap in Socio-Technical Systems

    Catherine Heeney, The University of Oxford, England

Chapter IX: Privacy regulation in the Metaverse

    Ronald Leenes, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Chapter X: Leadership of Integrated Teams in Virtual Environments

    David Tuffley, Griffith University, Australia

Chapter XI: Recontextualising Technology in Appropriation Processes

    Monique Janneck, University of Hamburg, Germany

Chapter XII: Explaining Participation in Online Communities

    Petter Bae Brandtzæg, University of Oslo, Norway
    Jan Heim, SINTEF, Norway

Chapter XIII: Cyber Security and Anti-Social Networking

    Malcolm Shore, Canterbury University, New Zealand

Chapter XIV: Emerging Cybercrime Variants in the Socio Technical Space

    Wilson Huang, Valdosta State University, USA
    Shun-Yung Kevin Wang, Florida State University, USA

Chapter XV: Developing Innovative Practice In Service Industries

    Elayne W Coakes, Westminster Business School, UK
    Peter Smith, The Leadership Alliance Inc. (TLA), Canada
    Dee Alwis, Middlesex University, UK

Section III: Socio-Technical Analysis

    Prologue by Mark Aakhus, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA

Chapter XVI: Using Communication Norms In Socio-Technical Systems

    Hans Weigand, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Chapter XVII: Socio-Instrumental Pragmatism In Action

    Jonas Sjöström, Uppsala University, Sweden
    Göran Goldkuhl, Linköping University, Sweden

Chapter XVIII: A Framework for Using Analytics to Make Decisions

    Paul J. Bracewell, Offlode Ltd., New Zealand

Chapter XIX: The Challenges of Co-design and the Case of E-ME

    Mikael Lind, University College of Borås, Sweden
    Peter Rittgen, University College of Borås, Sweden

Chapter XX: Formal Analysis of Workflows in Software Development

    Harry S. Delugach, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

Chapter XXI: The Role of Expectations in Information Systems Development

    Dorit Nevo, York University, Canada
    Brent Furneaux, York University, Canada

Chapter XXII: Building a Path for Future Communities

    Jeff Axup, Mobile Community Design Consulting, USA

Section IV: Socio-Technical Design

    Prologue by Thomas Erickson, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA

Chapter XXIII: Systems Design with the Socio-Technical Walkthrough

    Thomas Herrmann, University of Bochum, Germany

Chapter XXIV: Applied Pragmatism and Interaction Design

    Anders I. Mørch, University of Oslo, Norway

Chapter XXV: A Social Framework for Software Architectural Design

    Manuel Kolp, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
    Yves Wautelet, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Chapter XXVI: Designing for Trust

    Piotr Cofta, British Telecom, UK

Chapter XXVII: Pattern Languages for CMC Design

    Dan Dixon, University of the West of England, UK

Chapter XXVIII: Creating Social Technologies to Assist and Understand Social Interactions

    Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    Dirk Heylen, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    Rutger Rienks, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Chapter XXIX: A Modern Socio-Technical View on ERP-Systems

    Jos Benders, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
    Ronald Batenburg, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
    Paul Hoeken, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
    Roel Schouteten, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Chapter XXX: Being Face to Face - A State of Mind or Technological Design?

    Mary Allan, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
    Thorns David, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Chapter XXXI: Applying Bourdieu to Ebay’s Success and Socio-Technical Design

    Rebecca M. Ellis, University of Essex, UK

Chapter XXXII: Relationships and Etiquette with Technical Systems

    Christopher A. Miller, Smart Information Flow Technologies, USA

Section V: Socio-Technical Implementation

    Prologue by Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Chapter XXXIII: Augmenting Actual Life Through MUVEs

    Laura Anna Ripamonti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
    Ines Di Loreto, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
    Dario Maggiorini, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Chapter XXXIV: The Role of Affect In Agent-Based Collaborative E-Learning System Used for Engineering Education

    Mohamed Ben Ammar, University of Sfax, Tunisia
    Mahmoud Neji, University of Sfax, Tunisia

Chapter XXXV: Gaze-Aided Human-Computer and Human-Human Dialogue

    Pernilla Qvarfordt, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, USA
    Shumin Zhai, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA

Chapter XXXVI: How to Engage Users in Online Sociability

    Licia Calvi, Lessius University College, Belgium

Chapter XXXVII: Socio-Technical Systems and Knowledge Representation

    Ivan Launders, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Chapter XXXVIII: Social Support for Online Learning

    Claire de la Varre, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Julie Keane, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Matthew J. Irvin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
    Wallace Hannum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Chapter XXXIX: Enabling Remote Participation in Research

    Jeremy Birnholtz, Cornell University, USA
    Emilee J. Rader, University of Michigan, USA
    Daniel B. Horn, Booz Allen Hamilton, USA
    Thomas Finholt, University of Michigan, USA

Section VI: Socio-Technical Evaluation

Prologue by Starr Roxanne Hiltz, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Chapter XL: Community Collective Efficacy

    John M. Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
    Mary Beth Rosson, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
    Umer Farooq, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
    Jamika D. Burge, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Chapter XLI: An Analysis of The Socio-Technical Gap In Social Networking Sites

    Tanguy Coenen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    Wouter Van den Bosch, Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen, Belgium
    Veerle Van Der Sluys, Independent Scholar, Belgium

Chapter XLII: Situational Awareness In Collaborative Work Environments

    Olga Kulyk, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    Betsy van Dijk, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    Paul van der Vet, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands
    Gerrit van der Veer, Open University, The Netherlands

Chapter XLIII: A Scale of Affective Satisfaction in Online Learning Communities

    Janet L. Holland, Emporia State University, USA

Chapter XLIV: Assessing the Social Network Health of Virtual Communities

    David Hinds, Hinds & Associates, USA
    Ronald M. Lee, Florida International University, USA

Chapter XLV: Situated Evaluation of Socio-technical Systems

    Bertram C. Bruce, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
    Andee Rubin, TERC, USA
    Junghyun An, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Chapter XLVI: Cultural Appropriation of Software Design and Evaluation

    Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia

Section VII: The Future of Socio-Technical Systems

    Prologue by Charles Steinfield, Michigan State University, USA

Chapter XLVII: Resolving Wicked Problems through Collaboration

    Peter J. Denning, Naval Postgraduate School, USA

Chapter XLVIII: The Myth of the E-Commerce Serf to Sovereign Powershift

    Rachel McLean, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK

Chapter XLIX: Teaching the Socio-Technical Practices of Tomorrow Today

    Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, University of Technology, Australia

Chapter L: Socio-technical Communities - From Informal to Formal?

    Isa Jahnke, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany

Chapter LI: Future Living in Participatory Way

    Laurence Claeys, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Belgium
    Johan Criel, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Belgium

Chapter LII: The Impact of Communications Technology on Trust

    Paul Hodgson, British Telecom, UK

Chapter LIII: Good and Evil in the Garden of Emerging Information Technologies

    Kenneth E. Kendall, Rutgers University, USA
    Julie E. Kendall, Rutgers University, USA