The Effects of Collaborative Skills and Culture in International Computer-Supported Collaborations

本研究计划拟从文化差异和协作技能的双重角度研究全球软件团队的编程生产力。基于这两种动力，PI将开发一个框架，确定其有效性，然后建立文化力量和协作技能对全球团队绩效的相对重要性。土耳其安卡拉的中东技术大学和韩国首尔的世宗大学的一个国际研究小组正在参与这一项目。这三所大学将成立由本科生组成的全球团队，共同完成项目。学生将使用一个同步群件系统（也具有异步通信功能）来完成任务。这项研究应该提供有用的见解，如何管理全球分散的软件开发项目和影响全球团队绩效的具体动态，有助于对这些主题的理论动机的实证研究。

This research project proposes to study the programming productivity of global software teams from the dual perspectives of cultural variability and collaborative skills. Based on these two dynamics, the PIs will develop a framework, determine its validity and then establish the relative importance of cultural forces and collaborative skills on global team performance. An international research team of faculty at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey and Sejong University in Seoul, South Korea are participating in this project. The three universities will set up global teams of undergraduate students doing joint programming tasks. Students will use a synchronous groupware system (with asynchronous communications capabilities, also) for their tasks. This research should provide useful insights into how to manage globally dispersed software development projects and the specific dynamics affecting global team performance, contributing to the theoretically motivated empirical studies on these topics.