TY - GEN
T1 - Team performance in real and virtual worlds
T2 - 52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008
AU - McNeese, Nathaniel J.
AU - Pfaff, Mark S.
AU - Santoro, Gerald M.
AU - McNeese, Michael D.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Various studies in the team cognition literature suggest the primacy of face-to-face interaction over various forms of electronically-mediated communication. Theories supporting distributed cognition and anchored perception indicate that select forms of communication media may create impoverished shared mental models that fail to transfer understanding across team members. Of particular interest in this study is the perceived value of a new virtual communication medium, Second Life, as compared to face-to-face or auditory teleconferencing in a team task. Team members perceived the face-to-face modality to better aid the team than Second Life or the auditory teleconferencing mode, yet the results show an experience-based bias toward face-to-face interaction. Team success was rated worst for the auditory condition. Discussion of these results are developed in terms of their impact on theory, practice, and applications. Additional data analyses are suggested that will yield in-depth understanding of Jasper team performance.
AB - Various studies in the team cognition literature suggest the primacy of face-to-face interaction over various forms of electronically-mediated communication. Theories supporting distributed cognition and anchored perception indicate that select forms of communication media may create impoverished shared mental models that fail to transfer understanding across team members. Of particular interest in this study is the perceived value of a new virtual communication medium, Second Life, as compared to face-to-face or auditory teleconferencing in a team task. Team members perceived the face-to-face modality to better aid the team than Second Life or the auditory teleconferencing mode, yet the results show an experience-based bias toward face-to-face interaction. Team success was rated worst for the auditory condition. Discussion of these results are developed in terms of their impact on theory, practice, and applications. Additional data analyses are suggested that will yield in-depth understanding of Jasper team performance.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350591767
SN - 9781605606859
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1435
EP - 1439
BT - 52nd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2008
Y2 - 22 September 2008 through 26 September 2008
ER -