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Temporal dispersion in distributed work
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
  • Béatrice Linot
  • Jérôme Dinet
  • François Charoy
  • Valerie L. Shalin, Wright State University - Main Campus
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract

Effective communication is critical to sociotechnical systems. Such systems may entail distributed authority and responsibility, and physical resources that are not collocated. This is certainly the case in crisis management. To improve communication during crisis management, researchers have tried to enhance the communication technology. However, communication problems persist even in the presence of robust technology. Several studies of communication have examined the consequences of the spatial distribution of operators working on the achievement of a common goal. Yet, few have researchers have investigated the effects of temporal distribution. Drawing on documentation of the Deepwater Horizon Accident in 2010, we select examples to reveal the temporal distribution of events that affect the availability of contextual information across a socio-technical system. We claim that temporal distance, like spatial distance, reduces global awareness and the opportunity to observe the incidental behaviour that renders activities mutually accessible.

DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_57
Citation Information
Béatrice Linot, Jérôme Dinet, François Charoy and Valerie L. Shalin. "Temporal dispersion in distributed work" Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Iss. 824 (2019) p. 531 - 540 ISSN: 21945357
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/valerie_shalin/95/