Barriers to an Effective and Efficient Collaboration

An ECOSPACE study to analyze the Barriers to an Effective and Efficient Collaboration.

Technical dimension

3.1 Lack of media naturalness (individuals cannot use all their natural senses to communicate such as face expression and gesture) creates cognitive distance
	Major impact	11	14%
	Average impact	35	46%
	Minor impact	27	36%
	No impact	2	2%
	Total	75
3.2 Lack of common description (e.g. concepts, references, taxonomy …) – creates conceptual distance
	Major impact	34	45%
	Average impact	32	42%
	Minor impact	9	12%
	No impact	0
	Total	75
3.3 Multi-platform setting (e.g. type of devices, OS,…) – creates referential distance
	Major impact	7	9%
	Average impact	30	40%
	Minor impact	35	46%
	No impact	3	4%
	Total	75
3.4 Lack of meaning – creates semantic distance
	Major impact	33	44%
	Average impact	32	42%
	Minor impact	9	12%
	No impact	1	1%
	Total	75
3.5 Unbalanced technological usage and expertise – creates technological distance
	Major impact	20	26%
	Average impact	43	57%
	Minor impact	9	12%
	No impact	3	4%
	Total	75
3.6 Lack of contextualised operational mode (context awareness) – creates contextual distance
	Major impact	19	25%
	Average impact	39	52%
	Minor impact	16	21%
	No impact	1	1%
	Total	75