Producing expertise and achieving attribution in the context of computer support.

This study uses transcripts of interactions recorded between computer technicians and users to investigate the activities related to attribution and problem solving in the context of institutional computer support. We explore how achieving consensual attributions (in the context of diagnosis) is int...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:British Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 727 - 763
Autores principales: Quayle M, Durrheim K
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2008
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105607727&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 105607727
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        01446665
        99J
      jtl: British Journal of Social Psychology
      issn: 01446665
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Dec2008
      vid: 47
      iid: 4
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
      place: Malden, Massachusetts
    artinfo:
      ui:
        105607727
        105607727
        2010146670
        10.1348/014466607x256751
        NLM19017435
        105607727
      ppf: 727
      ppct: 36
      formats:
      tig:
        atl: Producing expertise and achieving attribution in the context of computer support.
      aug:
        au:
          Quayle M
          Durrheim K
        affil: School of Psychology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. quaylem@ukzn.ac.za
      sug:
        subj:
          Causal Attribution
          Computer User Training
          Professional-Client Relations
          Accountability
          Communication Skills
          Consumer Satisfaction
          Discourse Analysis
          Information Technology
          Job Characteristics
          Negotiation
          Problem Identification
          Problem Solving
          Professional Competence
          Qualitative Studies
          Social Identity
          Support, Psychosocial
          Telephone Information Services
          Theory
          Human
      ab: This study uses transcripts of interactions recorded between computer technicians and users to investigate the activities related to attribution and problem solving in the context of institutional computer support. We explore how achieving consensual attributions (in the context of diagnosis) is integral to managing moment-to-moment social demands, and how the outcomes are subject to negotiations about the definition of the problem and the nature of the social contract between interactants. We also show that these immediate interactional interests are subject to the longer-term 'moral careers' of the participants which are themselves subject to the roles, obligations, and concerns that participants have by virtue of their social and institutional positions. These immediate and longer-term layers of concern are interrelated and contingent, and all are important elements of how consensual attributions are socially accomplished in this context.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N