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INTERACT 2009: Uppsala, Sweden
- Tom Gross, Jan Gulliksen, Paula Kotzé, Lars Oestreicher, Philippe A. Palanque, Raquel Oliveira Prates, Marco Winckler:
Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2009, 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, August 24-28, 2009, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5727, Springer 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-03657-6
Multimodal Interfaces 1
- Julio Miró-Borrás, Pablo Bernabeu-Soler, Raul Llinares, Jorge Igual:
Ambiguous Keyboards and Scanning: The Relevance of the Cell Selection Phase. 1-4 - Lode Vanacken, Joan De Boeck, Karin Coninx:
Force Feedback Magnitude Effects on User's Performance during Target Acquisition: A Pilot Study. 5-8 - Hans-Joachim Bieg, Lewis L. Chuang
, Harald Reiterer
:
Gaze-Assisted Pointing for Wall-Sized Displays. 9-12 - Kelvin Cheng, Masahiro Takatsuka:
Hand Pointing Accuracy for Vision-Based Interactive Systems. 13-16 - Diogo Cabral
, Nuno Correia
:
Pen-Based Video Annotations: A Proposal and a Prototype for Tablet PCs. 17-20 - Rodrigo de Oliveira, Mauro Cherubini
, Nuria Oliver
:
Human Perception of Near-Duplicate Videos. 21-24
Multimodal Interfaces 2
- Kang Shi, Sriram Subramanian
, Pourang Irani:
PressureMove: Pressure Input with Mouse Movement. 25-39 - Johannes Schöning
, Frank Steinicke, Antonio Krüger, Klaus H. Hinrichs, Dimitar Valkov:
Bimanual Interaction with Interscopic Multi-Touch Surfaces. 40-53 - Markku Turunen
, Jaakko Hakulinen
, Juho Hella, Juha-Pekka Rajaniemi, Aleksi Melto, Erno Mäkinen, Jussi Rantala
, Tomi Heimonen
, Tuuli Laivo
, Hannu Soronen, Mervi Hansen, Pellervo Valkama, Toni Miettinen, Roope Raisamo
:
Multimodal Media Center Interface Based on Speech, Gestures and Haptic Feedback. 54-57 - António Neto, Carlos Duarte
:
Comparing Gestures and Traditional Interaction Modalities on Large Displays. 58-61
Multimodal Interfaces 3
- Giulio Jacucci, Anna Spagnolli, Alessandro Chalambalakis, Ann Morrison
, Lassi A. Liikkanen, Stefano Roveda, Massimo Bertoncini:
Bodily Explorations in Space: Social Experience of a Multimodal Art Installation. 62-75 - Michele Nappi
, Luca Paolino, Stefano Ricciardi
, Monica Sebillo, Giuliana Vitiello
:
Advanced Maintenance Simulation by Means of Hand-Based Haptic Interfaces. 76-88 - Yacine Bellik, Issam Rebaï, Edyta Machrouh, Yasmin Barzaj, Christophe Jacquet, Gaëtan Pruvost, Jean-Paul Sansonnet:
Multimodal Interaction within Ambient Environments: An Exploratory Study. 89-92 - Anja Naumann, Ina Wechsung, Jörn Hurtienne:
Multimodal Interaction: Intuitive, Robust, and Preferred? 93-96
Multi-user Interaction and Cooperation 1
- Ben Congleton, Jacqueline Cerretani, Mark W. Newman
, Mark S. Ackerman:
Sharing Map Annotations in Small Groups: X Marks the Spot. 97-110 - Sofiane Gueddana, Nicolas Roussel:
Effect of Peripheral Communication Pace on Attention Allocation in a Dual-Task Situation. 111-124 - Nadia Pantidi
, Yvonne Rogers, Hugh Robinson:
Is the Writing on the Wall for Tabletops? 125-137 - Nikolaos K. Tselios
, Christos Katsanos, Nikolaos M. Avouris
:
Investigating the Effect of Hyperlink Information Scent on Users' Interaction with a Web Site. 138-142
Multi-user Interaction and Cooperation 2
- Sameer Patil
, Alfred Kobsa
, Ajita John, Lynne Shapiro Brotman, Dorée D. Seligmann:
Interpersonal Privacy Management in Distributed Collaboration: Situational Characteristics and Interpretive Influences. 143-156 - Jean-Marie Burkhardt
, Françoise Détienne, Anne-Marie Hébert, Laurence Perron:
Assessing the "Quality of Collaboration" in Technology-Mediated Design Situations with Several Dimensions. 157-160 - Geke D. S. Ludden, Tom H. F. Broens
:
A Multi-touch Tool for Co-creation. 161-164 - Petr Slovák, Pavel Troubil
, Petr Holub
:
GColl: A Flexible Videoconferencing Environment for Group-to-Group Interaction. 165-168 - Dhaval Vyas
, Gerrit C. van der Veer, Dirk Heylen, Anton Nijholt
:
Space as a Resource in Creative Design Practices. 169-172
Novel User Interfaces and Interaction Techniques 1
- Daniel Steffen, Achim Ebert
, Matthias Deller, Peter Dannenmann:
five: Enhancing 3D Wall Displays with a 2D High-Resolution Overlay. 173-186 - Susanne Tak, Andy Cockburn, Keith Humm, David Ahlström, Carl Gutwin, Joey Scarr:
Improving Window Switching Interfaces. 187-200 - Ann Light
, Peter C. Wright:
The Panopticon and the Performance Arena: HCI Reaches within. 201-204
Novel User Interfaces and Interaction Techniques 2
- Ming Ki Chong, Gary Marsden:
Exploring the Use of Discrete Gestures for Authentication. 205-213 - Michael Ortega, Laurence Nigay:
AirMouse: Finger Gesture for 2D and 3D Interaction. 214-227 - Rami Ajaj, Frédéric Vernier, Christian Jacquemin:
Follow My Finger Navigation. 228-231 - Iman Habib
, Niklas Berggren, Erik Rehn, Gustav Josefsson, Andreas M. Kunz
, Morten Fjeld:
DGTS: Integrated Typing and Pointing. 232-235
Novel User Interfaces and Interaction Techniques 3
- Chris North, Tim Dwyer
, Bongshin Lee, Danyel Fisher
, Petra Isenberg, George G. Robertson, Kori Inkpen:
Understanding Multi-touch Manipulation for Surface Computing. 236-249 - Omar Mubin
, Tatiana Lashina, Evert van Loenen:
How Not to Become a Buffoon in Front of a Shop Window: A Solution Allowing Natural Head Movement for Interaction with a Public Display. 250-263 - Nabeel Hassan, Md. Mahfuzur Rahman
, Pourang Irani, Peter Graham:
Chucking: A One-Handed Document Sharing Technique. 264-278 - Bruno Antunes, Tiago João Vieira Guerreiro, Daniel Gonçalves
:
This Just In! Your Life in the Newspaper. 279-292
Novel User Interfaces and Interaction Techniques 4
- Chris Riley, Graham Johnson
, Heather McCracken, Ahmed Al-Saffar:
Instruction, Feedback and Biometrics: The User Interface for Fingerprint Authentication Systems. 293-305 - Kaori Ohtsu, Junta Sato, Yuichi Bannai, Ken-ichi Okada:
Measurement of Olfactory Characteristics for Two Kinds of Scent in a Single Breath. 306-318 - Dingyun Zhu, Tom Gedeon, Ken Taylor:
Keyboard before Head Tracking Depresses User Success in Remote Camera Control. 319-331 - Ramon Hofer, Thomas Nescher, Andreas M. Kunz
:
QualiTrack: Highspeed TUI Tracking for Tabletop Applications. 332-335 - Alex Olwal:
Augmenting Surface Interaction through Context-Sensitive Mobile Devices. 336-339
Novel User Interfaces and Interaction Techniques 5
- Paul André, Edward Cutrell, Desney S. Tan, Greg Smith:
Designing Novel Image Search Interfaces by Understanding Unique Characteristics and Usage. 340-353 - Katarina Segerståhl:
Crossmedia Systems Constructed around Human Activities: A Field Study and Implications for Design. 354-367 - Frédéric Roulland, Stefania Castellani, Ye Deng, Antonietta Grasso
, Jacki O'Neill:
Query Suggestion for On-Device Troubleshooting. 368-371
Novel User Interfaces and Interaction Techniques 6
- Guillaume Faure, Olivier Chapuis
, Michel Beaudouin-Lafon
:
Acquisition of Animated and Pop-Up Targets. 372-385 - Ingmar Seeliger, Ulrich Schwanecke, Peter Barth:
An Optical Pen Tracking System as Alternative Pointing Device. 386-399 - François Bérard, Jessica Ip, Mitchel Benovoy, Dalia El-Shimy, Jeffrey R. Blum
, Jeremy R. Cooperstock:
Did "Minority Report" Get It Wrong? Superiority of the Mouse over 3D Input Devices in a 3D Placement Task. 400-414 - Heiko Drewes
, Albrecht Schmidt
:
The MAGIC Touch: Combining MAGIC-Pointing with a Touch-Sensitive Mouse. 415-428
Social Media/Social Networks
- Frank van Ham, Hans-Jörg Schulz
, Joan Morris DiMicco:
Honeycomb: Visual Analysis of Large Scale Social Networks. 429-442 - Chee Siang Ang, Panayiotis Zaphiris
:
Simulating Social Networks of Online Communities: Simulation as a Method for Sociability Design. 443-456 - Fiona Redhead, Margot Brereton
:
Designing Interaction for Local Communications: An Urban Screen Study. 457-460 - Kristiina Karvonen, Theofanis Kilinkaridis, Olli Immonen:
WidSets: A Usability Study of Widget Sharing. 461-464
Tangible User Interfaces and Robotics
- Xing-Dong Yang, Pourang Irani, Pierre Boulanger, Walter F. Bischof
:
A Model for Steering with Haptic-Force Guidance. 465-478 - Kentaro Ishii, Shengdong Zhao
, Masahiko Inami
, Takeo Igarashi, Michita Imai:
Designing Laser Gesture Interface for Robot Control. 479-492 - Sara Comai
, Davide Mazza:
A Haptic-Enhanced System for Molecular Sensing. 493-496
Tools for Design, Modelling and Evaluation 1
- Amir Dotan, Neil A. M. Maiden, Valentina Lichtner, Lola Germanovich:
Designing with Only Four People in Mind? - A Case Study of Using Personas to Redesign a Work-Integrated Learning Support System. 497-509 - Alessandro Canossa
, Anders Drachen
:
Play-Personas: Behaviours and Belief Systems in User-Centred Game Design. 510-523 - Volker Thoma
, Bryn Williams:
Developing and Validating Personas in e-Commerce: A Heuristic Approach. 524-527
Tools for Design, Modelling and Evaluation 2
- Shahtab Wahid, Stacy M. Branham, Lauren Cairco, D. Scott McCrickard, Steve Harrison:
Picking Up Artifacts: Storyboarding as a Gateway to Reuse. 528-541 - Regina Bernhaupt
, Marco Winckler, Florence Pontico:
Are User Interface Pattern Languages Usable? A Report from the Trenches. 542-545 - Mieke Haesen, Kris Luyten, Karin Coninx:
Get Your Requirements Straight: Storyboarding Revisited. 546-549
Usability Evaluation Methods
- Elina Eriksson
, Åsa Cajander
, Jan Gulliksen
:
Hello World! - Experiencing Usability Methods without Usability Expertise. 550-565 - Gilbert Cockton
, Sari Kujala
, Piia Nurkka, Taneli Hölttä:
Supporting Worth Mapping with Sentence Completion. 566-581 - Svetlana Yarosh
, Tara Matthews, Thomas P. Moran, Barton A. Smith:
What Is an Activity? Appropriating an Activity-Centric System. 582-595 - Gudmundur Freyr Jonasson, Ebba Thora Hvannberg
:
Sharing Usability Problem Sets within and between Groups. 596-599 - Silvia Gabrielli, Anthony Jameson:
Obstacles to Option Setting: Initial Results with a Heuristic Walkthrough Method. 600-603
User Experience 1
- Heli Wigelius, Heli Väätäjä
:
Dimensions of Context Affecting User Experience in Mobile Work. 604-617 - Jasminko Novak, Susanne Schmidt:
When Joy Matters: The Importance of Hedonic Stimulation in Collocated Collaboration with Large-Displays. 618-629 - Robert Schleicher, Sandra Trösterer:
The 'Joy-of-Use'-Button: Recording Pleasant Moments While Using a PC. 630-633 - Bieke Zaman
:
Introducing a Pairwise Comparison Scale for UX Evaluations with Preschoolers. 634-637
User Experience 2
- Antonella De Angeli, Jan Hartmann, Alistair G. Sutcliffe:
The Effect of Brand on the Evaluation of Websites. 638-651 - Davide Bolchini
, Franca Garzotto, Fabio Sorce:
Does Branding Need Web Usability? A Value-Oriented Empirical Study. 652-665 - Annika Wiklund-Engblom
, Marc Hassenzahl, Anette Bengs
, Susanne Sperring:
What Needs Tell Us about User Experience. 666-669
User Interfaces for Safety Critical Systems and Health Care 1
- Anne Marie Kanstrup
, Jan Stage:
From Paper to PDA: Design and Evaluation of a Clinical Ward Instruction on a Mobile Device. 670-683 - Martin Christof Kindsmüller, Maral Haar, Hannes Schulz, Michael Herczeg:
Designing User Interfaces for Smart-Applications for Operating Rooms and Intensive Care Units. 684-695 - Cesar Mauri, Agusti Solanas
, Toni Granollers, Joan Bagés, Mabel García:
Interactive Therapeutic Multi-sensory Environment for Cerebral Palsy People. 696-699 - Helena Lindgren
, Ingeborg Nilsson
:
Designing Systems for Health Promotion and Autonomy in Older Adults. 700-703
User Interfaces for Safety Critical Systems and Health Care 2
- Jakob E. Bardram
, Jonathan Bunde-Pedersen, Afsaneh Doryab, Steffen Sørensen:
CLINICAL SURFACES - Activity-Based Computing for Distributed Multi-Display Environments in Hospitals. 704-717 - Kathryn L. Went, Peter Gregor, Ian W. Ricketts:
Designing a Safer Interactive Healthcare System - The Impact of Authentic User Participation. 718-730 - Jakob E. Bardram
:
A Novel Approach for Creating Activity-Aware Applications in a Hospital Environment. 731-744 - Anja B. Naumann, Thomas Franke, Christian Bauckhage
:
Investigating CAPTCHAs Based on Visual Phenomena. 745-748
User Interfaces for Web Applications and E-commerce
- Noi Sukaviriya, Senthil Mani, Vibha Sinha:
Reflection of a Year Long Model-Driven Business and UI Modeling Development Project. 749-762 - Alistair G. Sutcliffe, Faisal Al-Qaed:
Designing Tools for Supporting User Decision-Making in e-Commerce. 763-776 - Aparecido Fabiano Pinatti de Carvalho, Júnia Coutinho Anacleto Silva, Vânia Paula de Almeida Néris:
Designing for Culturally Contextualized Learning Activity Planning: Matching Learning Theories and Practice. 777-790
Visualisation Techniques
- Mikkel R. Jakobsen, Roland Fernandez, Mary Czerwinski, Kori Inkpen, Olga A. Kulyk, George G. Robertson:
WIPDash: Work Item and People Dashboard for Software Development Teams. 791-804 - Benoît Otjacques, Maël Cornil, Monique Noirhomme-Fraiture, Fernand Feltz:
CGD - A New Algorithm to Optimize Space Occupation in Ellimaps. 805-818 - Johann Schrammel, Stephanie Deutsch, Manfred Tscheligi
:
Visual Search Strategies of Tag Clouds - Results from an Eyetracking Study. 819-831 - Natalia A. Romero
, Laurens Boer
, Panos Markopoulos:
Interactive and Lightweight Mechanisms to Coordinate Interpersonal Privacy in Mediated Communication. 832-833
Demonstrations
- Nicolas Mangano, Noi Sukaviriya:
Liberating Expression: A Freehand Approach to Business Process Modeling. 834-835 - Markku Turunen
, Jaakko Hakulinen
, Juho Hella, Juha-Pekka Rajaniemi, Aleksi Melto, Erno Mäkinen, Jussi Rantala
, Tomi Heimonen
, Tuuli Laivo
, Hannu Soronen, Mervi Hansen, Pellervo Valkama, Toni Miettinen, Roope Raisamo
:
Multimodal Interaction with Speech, Gestures and Haptic Feedback in a Media Center Application. 836-837 - Diego Rodrigues, Ian Oakley
:
Social Circles: A 3D User Interface for Facebook. 838-839 - Souleymane Boundaouda Camara, José L. Abdelnour-Nocera:
Socio-Technical Evaluation Matrix (STEM): A Collaborative Tool to Support and Facilitate Discussion on Socio-Technical Issues of a Design Process. 840-841 - Gabriele Peters, Klaus Häming:
Take Three Snapshots - A Tool for Fast Freehand Acquisition of 3D Objects. 842-843
Doctoral Consortium
- Florian Geyer:
Blended Interaction Design: A Spatial Workspace Supporting HCI and Design Practice. 844-847 - Omar Mubin
, Christoph Bartneck
, Loe M. G. Feijs:
Designing an Artificial Robotic Interaction Language. 848-851 - Teresa Sarmento:
Designing Mobile Service Experiences, the Role of Emotional Dimension. 852-855 - Catherine Harvey
:
Development of a Method for Evaluating the Usability of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVISs). 856-859 - Danielle M. Lottridge
:
Evaluating Human Computer Interaction through Self-rated Emotion. 860-863 - Sebastian Denef:
Human-Computer Interaction Techniques in Firefighting. 864-867 - Jordan Janeiro, Thomas Springer, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa
, Alexander Schill:
Retrieval of User Interface Templates Based on Tasks. 868-871 - Abdullah Al Mahmud
:
Supporting Aphasics for Capturing, Organizing and Sharing Personal Experiences. 872-875 - Sara Streng:
The Role of Personal and Shared Displays in Scripted Collaborative Learning. 876-879 - Dmitry Butenkov:
Towards a Flexible User Simulation for Evaluating Spoken Dialogue Systems. 880-883 - Ditte Hvas Mortensen:
User Aware Technology: From Inter-human Awareness to Technology-User Awareness. 884-887 - Anssi Jääskeläinen:
User eXperience: Tools for Developers. 888-891
Interactive Posters
- Paolo Bottoni
, Maria De Marsico, Stefano Levialdi, Giovanni Ottieri, Mario Pierro, Daniela Quaresima:
A Dynamic Environment for Video Surveillance. 892-895 - Marius Feldmann, Jordan Janeiro, Tobias Nestler, Gerald Hübsch, Uwe Jugel
, André Preußner, Alexander Schill:
An Integrated Approach for Creating Service-Based Interactive Applications. 896-899 - Jin Wan, Michael J. O'Grady
, Gregory M. P. O'Hare
:
Implicit Interaction: A Modality for Ambient Exercise Monitoring. 900-903 - Morten Bohøj, Niels Olof Bouvin
:
Interacting with Casework Documents Using Timelines. 904-907 - Gert van der Vloed, Jelle Berentsen:
Measuring Emotional Wellbeing with a Non-intrusive Bed Sensor. 908-911 - Nuria Hurtado
, Mercedes Ruiz
, Jesús Torres
:
Using a Dynamic Model to Simulate the Heuristic Evaluation of Usability. 912-915 - Quoc V. Vy, Deborah I. Fels:
Using Avatars for Improving Speaker Identification in Captioning. 916-919
Panels
- Lynne M. Coventry, Graham I. Johnson
, Tom McEwan
, Chris Riley:
Biometrics in Practice: What Does HCI Have to Say? 920-921 - Virpi Roto
:
Demarcating User eXperience. 922-923 - Mark H. Chignell
, Naotsune Hosono, Deborah I. Fels, Danielle M. Lottridge
, John A. Waterworth
:
Mobility, Emotion, and Universality in Future Collaboration. 924-925
Special Interest Groups
- Giorgio De Michelis, Marco Loregian, Claudio Moderini, Patrizia Marti
, Cesare Colombo, Liam J. Bannon, Cristiano Storni, Marco Susani:
Designing Interaction for Next Generation Personal Computing. 926-927 - Teija Vainio
, Veikko Surakka
, Roope Raisamo
, Kari-Jouko Räihä
, Poika Isokoski
, Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila
, Sari Kujala
:
Postgraduate Studies in the Field of HCI. 928-929
Tutorials
- Francisco José Perales López:
Advanced Perceptual User Interfaces: Applications for Disabled and Elderly People. 930-931 - Hermann Kaindl
:
Combining Requirements and Interaction Design through Usage Scenarios. 932-933 - Erik G. Nilsson:
Design Patterns for User Interfaces on Mobile Equipment. 934-935 - Tommy Strandvall:
Eye Tracking in Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Research. 936-937 - Artur Lugmayr
:
HCI in the Era of Ambient Media - And beyond 2009 INTERACT Tutorial. 938-939 - Panayiotis Zaphiris
, Chee Siang Ang:
Introduction to Social Network Analysis. 940-941 - Susan M. Dray, David A. Siegel:
Key Issues in Planning and Making Sense of International Field Research. 942-943 - Maurits Kaptein
:
Measuring the Subjective User eXperience. 944-945 - Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos, Agata Kostrzewa, Mikael Laaksoharju:
Methods and Tools for Ethical Usability. 946-947 - Hermann Kaindl
:
Model a Discourse and Transform It to Your User Interface. 948-949 - Susan M. Dray, David A. Siegel:
Understanding Users in Context: An In-Depth Introduction to Fieldwork for User Centered Design. 950-951
Workshops
- Tilde Bekker, Janienke Sturm, Emilia I. Barakova
:
2nd Workshop on Design for Social Interaction through Physical Play. 952-953 - Regina Bernhaupt
, Peter Forbrig, Jan Gulliksen
, Janet Wesson
:
4th Workshop on Software and Usability Engineering Cross-Pollination: Usability Evaluation of Advanced Interfaces. 954-956 - Qinying Liao, Susan R. Fussell
, Sheetal K. Agarwal, Arun Kumar, Amit Anil Nanavati
, Nitendra Rajput, Yingxin Pan:
Culture and Technologies for Social Interaction. 957-958 - Marco Winckler, Monique Noirhomme-Fraiture, Dominique L. Scapin, Gaëlle Calvary, Audrey Serna:
Design and Evaluation of e-Government Applications and Services (DEGAS'2009). 959-960 - David Browning, Marlyn van Erp, Mads Bødker, Nicola J. Bidwell
, Truna Aka J. Turner:
Designing for Naturally Engaging Experiences. 961-962 - Anxo Cereijo Roibás, Andy Dearden, Susan M. Dray, Phil Gray, John C. Thomas, Niall Winters:
Ethics, Roles and Relationships in Interaction Design in Developing Regions. 963-964 - Achim Ebert
, Alan J. Dix, Nahum D. Gershon, Margit Pohl
:
Human Aspects of Visualization. 965-966 - Mark Springett, Mark D. Rice, Alex Carmichael, Richard N. Griffiths:
Innovation for an Inclusive Future. 967-968 - Silvia Abrahão
, Kasper Hornbæk, Effie Lai-Chong Law, Jan Stage:
Interplay between Usability Evaluation and Software Development (I-USED 2009). 969-970 - Olav W. Bertelsen, Per-Olof Hedvall
:
New Challenges for Participation in Participatory Design in Family, Clinical and Other Asymmetrical, Non-work Settings. 971-972 - José L. Abdelnour-Nocera, Anders I. Mørch:
New Sociotechnical Insights in Interaction Design. 973-974 - Kristina Groth, Ann Lantz, Eva-Lotta Sallnäs, Oscar Frykholm, Anders Green
:
Team Meetings within Clinical Domains - Exploring the Use of Routines and Technical Support for Communication. 975-976 - Karin Slegers, Dries De Roeck, Timo Arnall:
Touch Affordances. 977-978 - Asbjørn Følstad, Petter Bae Brandtzæg
, Jan Gulliksen
, Mikael Börjeson, Pirjo Näkki:
Towards a Manifesto for Living Lab Co-creation. 979-980 - Virpi Roto
, Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Effie Law, Arnold P. O. S. Vermeeren
:
User Experience Evaluation Methods in Product Development (UXEM'09). 981-982 - Rikke Orngreen
, Torkil Clemmensen, Annelise Mark Pejtersen:
Virtual Teams and Human Work Interaction Design - Learning to Work in and Designing for Virtual Teams. 983-984

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