The Hugging Team: The Role of Technology in Business Networking Practices

Anne Thorsø Sørensen, Irina Shklovski

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    Abstract

    Technological devices for social networking are produced in droves and networking through media seems to be the way of getting ahead in business. We examine what role technology plays in the creation, development and maintenance of business relationships among entrepreneurs in Copenhagen. We find that mediated communication is useful in all stages of relational maintenance but only in a supportive role in relational development where co-presence and shared personal experiences take center-stage, generating trust necessary for business relationships to work. These trust-developing experiences take effort and hard work and although they can be successfully supported and even facilitated through the use of communication technologies, they need not be replaced or made simpler. The difficulties of creating these experiences make working business relationships viable in the uncertain and risky world of entrepreneurship.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelECSCW 2011 : Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 24-28 September 2011, Aarhus Denmark
    RedaktørerSusanne Bødker, Niels Olof Bouvin, Volker Wulf, Luigina Ciolfi, Wayne Lutters
    Antal sider20
    UdgivelsesstedNew York
    ForlagSpringer Publishing Company
    Publikationsdato2011
    Udgave1st
    Sider333-352
    ISBN (Trykt)0857299123
    StatusUdgivet - 2011
    BegivenhedEuropean Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work - ECSCW 2011 - Århus, Danmark
    Varighed: 24 sep. 201128 sep. 2011
    http://www.ecscw2011.org/

    Konference

    KonferenceEuropean Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work - ECSCW 2011
    Land/OmrådeDanmark
    ByÅrhus
    Periode24/09/201128/09/2011
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    Emneord

    • Technological Devices
    • Social Networking
    • Business Relationships
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Mediated Communication

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