Ingredients For Collaboration Research Articles

Aspects of Dynamics in Dialogue Collaboration

Collaborative dialogue is an important category of human interaction and is widely studied in the literature, especially in fields that attempt to develop new technologies that enable wider varieties of collaborative dialogues. The ingredients of collaboration in dialogue are less thoroughly addressed. We describe the theoretical framework within which we are working and our approach to the construction of a theory of what may make dialogue collaborative. We study a multimodal dialogue corpus (MULTISIMO) testing for positive and negative correlations between dialogue content features and interaction features that one might reasonably imagine are related to assessments of degrees of collaboration. The duration before the second speaker’s first turn and degree of imbalance in the number of words produced by speakers negatively correlate with collaboration assessments (that is, imbalances of content and a delay in the first speaker yielding the floor lead to diminished perceptions of collaboration), while a monotonically increasing duration of focus in successive dialogue sections (rather than overall dialogue duration) correlates positively (that is, when participants are deemed to be extending the duration of the task rather than increasing speed with experience, this is perceived as collaborative).

Key processes, Ingredients and Components of Successful Systems Collaboration: Working with Severely Emotionally or Behaviorally Disturbed Children and Their Families

Systems collaboration has repeatedly been cited as a component of successful social service delivery. Through qualitative data, this study explored the process involved in inter-agency collaboration when providing Integrative Family and Systems Treatment (I-FAST) for families with severely emotionally or behaviorally disturbed children. Data were collected through a series of eight focus groups with 26 agency collaborators across 11 counties in Ohio. Data analysis revealed two emergent phenomena: the process of developing collaboration, consisting of making initial contact, a trial period and developing trust; and the key ingredients of collaboration, focusing on interpersonal and professional qualities. Implications of each theme are discussed.