TY - GEN
T1 - Virtual teams and development
T2 - 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS
AU - Qureshi, Sajda
AU - Fayard, Anne Laure
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Communication and language are important in international negotiations and even more so when these negotiations are conducted in virtual settings. This paper investigates discourse in virtual teams comprised of international civil servants who interact online to negotiate terms on an agreement concerning terrorism. As these discussions took place shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, they represent negotiations between officials representing countries with roles to play in addressing this global problem. Following an exploratory analysis of these online interactions, this paper provides insight into the language games that relate to the roles played in negotiating actions against terrorism. The contribution of this paper lies in the identification of the language games that take place in virtual teams and how these enable aspects of development to be addressed.
AB - Communication and language are important in international negotiations and even more so when these negotiations are conducted in virtual settings. This paper investigates discourse in virtual teams comprised of international civil servants who interact online to negotiate terms on an agreement concerning terrorism. As these discussions took place shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, they represent negotiations between officials representing countries with roles to play in addressing this global problem. Following an exploratory analysis of these online interactions, this paper provides insight into the language games that relate to the roles played in negotiating actions against terrorism. The contribution of this paper lies in the identification of the language games that take place in virtual teams and how these enable aspects of development to be addressed.
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2008.496
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2008.496
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51449115950
SN - 0769530753
SN - 9780769530758
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
BT - Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS
Y2 - 7 January 2008 through 10 January 2008
ER -