Is online collaboration process suitable for digital youth organization? A design approach

Autor: Xusen Cheng, Wanxin Liu, Yuanyuan Li
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: Journal of Electronic Business & Digital Economics. 1:66-89
ISSN: 2754-4222
2754-4214
DOI: 10.1108/jebde-04-2022-0005
Popis: PurposeCollaboration is significant but difficult for the development of youth organizations, this research aims to explore whether the online collaboration process is suitable for youth organizations' collaboration and improve their effectiveness and efficiency.Design/methodology/approachThis research has applied a design approach using the collaboration engineering method, to design an online collaboration process for youth organizations to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. Using a self-developed group support systems (GSS) tool, the authors have tested the new collaboration process through an experiment among four youth organizations and conducted a survey afterwards.FindingsThe new process improves the collaboration effectiveness and efficiency. The research also identifies the detailed relationships among influencing factors in the online collaboration process.Originality/valueThere is little research in the context of computer mediated youth organization collaboration. This research designs an online collaboration process for the effective and efficient collaboration of youth organizations and has it tested among representative youth organizations, providing practical instructions for digital youth organization collaboration in the context of global pandemic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE