Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the use and effects of ‘collaboration technologies’, or ICT applica-tions “that support communication, co-ordination, co-operation, learning and/or social encoun-ters”. We study the use of three of such technologies (electronic calendaring, virtual offices and an intranet) in order to test our theoretical model. This theoretical model is partly based on Monge et al.’s (1998) work on ICT and collective action, and distinguishes communality and connectivity as important collective goods which can result from the use of such technologies. On the basis of Davis’ (1989) Technology Acceptance Model we identify factors influencing the extent to which and way in which such technologies are use: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and ex-perience. Furthermore, we make an important distinction between individual use and collective use.
Our empirical results confirm that the use of collaboration technology leads to benefits in terms of both communality and connectivity, and that the collective use of such applications is an essential prerequisite for these benefits to be realized. The use of collaboration technologies is determined by perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and users’ experience with the technol-ogy. Our models thus support our theoretical arguments, but also augment them, since they shed new light on the relationship between perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, communality and connectivity. Perceived ease of use contributes to perceived usefulness in the sense that it determines the extent to which users can create a collective information base (communality), which in turn not only directly determines perceived usefulness, but also indirectly via connectivity (the increased ease of reaching relevant contacts).

Publication Type: Roundtable Presentation
Abstract: Study of a post-TEP teachers collaborative group whose purpose was to assist teachers in discovering and designing more effective ways to resist injustice and transform schooling, as well as to investigate what such an activity looks like.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Increasingly, a key defining characteristic of nonprofits is their participation in collaborative interorganizational relationships (IORs). This study utilized a focus-group methodology to stimulate conversation among nonprofit practitioners with experience in IOR collaborations. The data suggest that challenges exist across three meta-themes. We found that communication challenges are common and that communication is viewed as essential to both the processes and outcomes of collaborations. The authors discuss how practitioner perspectives connect with published literature on collaborative practices and challenges.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript