The power of "we": Using instant messaging for student group project discussion

Aaron X.L. Shen; Matthew K.O. Lee; Christy M K CHEUNG; Wei Ping Wang

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2008.449

The power of "we": Using instant messaging for student group project discussion

Aaron X.L. Shen, Matthew K.O. Lee, Christy M K CHEUNG, Wei Ping Wang

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Abstract

Online group work has been identified as an important issue in Web-based education for a long time. With the prevalence of instant messaging in adolescents, more and more students opt to choose this emerging synchronous communication medium for online group project discussion. In this paper, we-intention to use instant messaging for online group project discussion was examined and a research model of we-intention was proposed and empirically tested with 482 students in China. The research model explains 43.2% of the variance in we-intention and attitude, anticipated emotions, group norms and social identity are found statistically significant. Implications for both researchers and practitioners are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41)
Publisher	IEEE
ISBN (Print)	0769530753, 9780769530758
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.449
Publication status	Published - Jan 2008
Event	2008 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41) - Waikoloa, Big Island, United States Duration: 7 Jan 2008 → 10 Jan 2008

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

Conference

Conference	2008 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikoloa, Big Island
Period	7/01/08 → 10/01/08

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General Engineering

User-Defined Keywords

E-collaboration
E-learning
Goal-directed emotion
Instant Messaging
Social Computing Technology
Social influence
Synchronous communication medium
Theory of reasoned action
We-Intention

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Shen, A. X. L., Lee, M. K. O., CHEUNG, C. M. K., & Wang, W. P. (2008). The power of "we": Using instant messaging for student group project discussion. In Proceedings of the 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41) Article 4438708 (Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.449

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Shen, AXL, Lee, MKO, CHEUNG, CMK & Wang, WP 2008, The power of "we": Using instant messaging for student group project discussion. in Proceedings of the 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41)., 4438708, Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE, 2008 41st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-41), Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii, United States, 7/01/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.449

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