Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand

With trends towards globalization and increased competition, firms arebecoming increasingly dependent upon group work. The recent surge ofreengineering efforts to reinforce a process view of organizational work andthe emergence of virtual corporations spanning across the globe indicate thatfirms are...

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Main Authors: Pervan, Graham, Lewis, F.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2674
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description With trends towards globalization and increased competition, firms arebecoming increasingly dependent upon group work. The recent surge ofreengineering efforts to reinforce a process view of organizational work andthe emergence of virtual corporations spanning across the globe indicate thatfirms are relying more on group work today than ever before. Informationtechnology (IT) may have the capability to greatly enhance the quality of collaboration in accomplishing group tasks. This paper focuses on Electronic Meeting Systems (EMS) and empirically assesses their adoption and use in supporting task-oriented collaborative work in Australian and New Zealand organizations. Preliminary analysis of survey data collected from one hundred and forty-seven organizations indicates that EMS adoption has been somewhat limited. Barriers to adoption are identified along with implications for future research. Overall, the findings are fairly similar to the US study on which the survey instrument was based.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-26742018-09-07T03:09:09Z Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand Pervan, Graham Lewis, F. Electronic Meeting Systems Collaboration IT Adoption With trends towards globalization and increased competition, firms arebecoming increasingly dependent upon group work. The recent surge ofreengineering efforts to reinforce a process view of organizational work andthe emergence of virtual corporations spanning across the globe indicate thatfirms are relying more on group work today than ever before. Informationtechnology (IT) may have the capability to greatly enhance the quality of collaboration in accomplishing group tasks. This paper focuses on Electronic Meeting Systems (EMS) and empirically assesses their adoption and use in supporting task-oriented collaborative work in Australian and New Zealand organizations. Preliminary analysis of survey data collected from one hundred and forty-seven organizations indicates that EMS adoption has been somewhat limited. Barriers to adoption are identified along with implications for future research. Overall, the findings are fairly similar to the US study on which the survey instrument was based. 2004 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2674 10.1023/B:GRUP.0000045749.26839.4d Springer restricted
spellingShingle Electronic Meeting Systems
Collaboration
IT Adoption
Pervan, Graham
Lewis, F.
Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand
title Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand
title_full Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand
title_fullStr Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand
title_short Adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in Australia and New Zealand
title_sort adoption and use of electronic meeting systems to support task-oriented collaboration in large organizations in australia and new zealand
topic Electronic Meeting Systems
Collaboration
IT Adoption
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2674