The influence of online teamwork on real-world collaboration.

This study examines the effects of virtual teamwork on real life collaboration. Sixty participants (mean age = 22.43), mainly Chinese, played a number guessing game on Microsoft Network (MSN) messenger. After the game, all participants attempted a problem-solving and a group creativity task. Results...

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Main Authors: Chia, Cher Hoe., Tan, Chooi Yao.
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-442962019-12-10T11:03:40Z The influence of online teamwork on real-world collaboration. Chia, Cher Hoe. Tan, Chooi Yao. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Qiu Lin. DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology This study examines the effects of virtual teamwork on real life collaboration. Sixty participants (mean age = 22.43), mainly Chinese, played a number guessing game on Microsoft Network (MSN) messenger. After the game, all participants attempted a problem-solving and a group creativity task. Results showed that the experimental groups had a higher score for the problem solving task and the creativity of the selected idea. However, the control group generated significantly more ideas in the group creativity task than the experimental group. This suggests that virtual teamwork may have a positive effect on certain aspect of real world collaboration. Bachelor of Arts 2011-06-01T00:58:31Z 2011-06-01T00:58:31Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44296 en Nanyang Technological University 39 p. application/pdf
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The influence of online teamwork on real-world collaboration.
description This study examines the effects of virtual teamwork on real life collaboration. Sixty participants (mean age = 22.43), mainly Chinese, played a number guessing game on Microsoft Network (MSN) messenger. After the game, all participants attempted a problem-solving and a group creativity task. Results showed that the experimental groups had a higher score for the problem solving task and the creativity of the selected idea. However, the control group generated significantly more ideas in the group creativity task than the experimental group. This suggests that virtual teamwork may have a positive effect on certain aspect of real world collaboration.
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title The influence of online teamwork on real-world collaboration.
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