Collective Action in Communication and Information-Based Public Goods: Interorganizational Computer-Supported Collaborative Work

本研究扩展了传统的公共产品理论，通过研究通信和信息为基础的公共产品的连接性和公共性属性。 这项试点研究有助于制定方法和手段，对通信和信息公益物进行纵向审查。 本研究的动机是一个大型跨组织计算机支持的协同工作系统的具体例子。 这种基于信息的集体行动理论上具有两个对集体商品的通信形式非常重要的属性：连通性和公共性。 Marwell和奥利弗（1993）的理论框架整合了公共物品的四个特征：物品本身、个人、与物品相关的团体或组织以及行动过程。 该研究旨在检验集体行动理论、通信和信息系统以及协作工作过程和效果之间的联系。

This research extends traditional public goods theory by examining the connectivity and communality properties of communication and information-based public goods. This pilot study supports the development of methods and instruments to conduct a longitudinal examination of communication and information-based public goods. The research is motivated by the specific example of a large interorganizational computer-supported collaborative work system. This type of information-based collective action is theorized to possess two properties that are uniquely important to communication forms of collective goods: connectivity and communality. Marwell and Oliver's (1993) theoretical framework integrates four characteristics of public goods: the good itself, individuals, the groups or organizations involved with the good, and the action process. The research is designed to test hypotheses that link collective action theory, communication and information systems, and collaborative work processes and effects.