Understanding wiki collaboration in Quebec healthcare organizations

  • Authors:

  • Régis Barondeau

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal (Quebec)

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Quebec healthcare organizations are becoming more and more interested in implementing wikis. This is a radical change for a number of organizations as the horizontality of the wiki challenges the verticality of the organization structure and above all its culture. Our research will take a new approach by using Boltanski and Thévenot's six worlds framework to observe wiki collaboration through a multi-case analysis including a double hermeneutic process using a research wiki. The expected outputs are a better understanding of the test, justification and compromise phases actors go through while collaborating on wikis and ultimately, to build a model to help Quebec healthcare organizations enhance their wiki collaboration.