caa a22 4500 467895511 CHVBK 20180406152802.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00146-005-0027-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00146-005-0027-0 How to address group dynamics in virtual worlds [Elektronische Daten] [Katerina Nicolopoulou, Mitja Koštomaj, Andre Campos] The study of group dynamics highlights the activity in the group in terms of its performance and communication. The experience of facilitating virtual communities and teams (Eunice and Kimball in http://www.Tmn.com/~lisa/odn-teams.htm , 1997) suggests that groups go through the same stages either in face-to-face or in online mode. The paper brings together a theoretical framework based on the literature on virtual communities, Gestalt systems and online facilitation in order to address the issue of electronic togetherness, in particular from a group dynamics perspective. The empirical work on which the paper is based is an observation of a group of students in a training set playing a decision-making game. The model of Tuckman (Tuckman in Psychol Bull 63:384-399, 1965; Tuckman and Jensen in Group Organ Stud 2:419-427, 1977) is used as a framework within which to discuss the findings of the case. The paper finishes with concrete recommendations for facilitators of online communities and designers of the electronic spaces where these communities operate. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2006 Electronic togetherness nationallicence Group dynamics nationallicence Interaction design nationallicence Epistemology nationallicence Community of practice nationallicence Gestalt nationallicence Online facilitation nationallicence Virtual communities nationallicence Nicolopoulou Katerina School of Management, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK aut Koštomaj Mitja Department of Art and Design, Thames Valley University, Grove House 1, The Grove, W5 5DX, London, UK aut Campos Andre Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brasil aut AI & SOCIETY Springer-Verlag 20/3(2006-06-01), 351-371 0951-5666 20:3<351 2006 20 146 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-005-0027-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-005-0027-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nicolopoulou Katerina School of Management, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Koštomaj Mitja Department of Art and Design, Thames Valley University, Grove House 1, The Grove, W5 5DX, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Campos Andre Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brasil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- AI & SOCIETY Springer-Verlag 20/3(2006-06-01), 351-371 0951-5666 20:3<351 2006 20 146 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer