%0 Conference Paper %1 Luther:2013:RLO:2441776.2441891 %A Luther, Kurt %A Fiesler, Casey %A Bruckman, Amy %B Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work %C New York, NY, USA %D 2013 %I ACM %K creative reticollab1415 %P 1007--1022 %R 10.1145/2441776.2441891 %T Redistributing Leadership in Online Creative Collaboration %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2441776.2441891 %X In this paper, we integrate theories of distributed leadership and distributed cognition to account for the roles of people and technology in online leadership. When leadership is distributed effectively, the result can be success stories like Wikipedia and Linux. However, finding a successful distribution is challenging. In the online community Newgrounds, hundreds of collaborative animation projects called "collabs" are started each year, but less than 20% are completed. We suggest that many collabs fail because leaders are overburdened and lack adequate technological support. We introduce Pipeline, a collaboration tool designed to support and transform leadership, with the goal of easing the burden on leaders of online creative projects. Through a case study of a six-week, 30-artist collaboration called Holiday Flood, we show how Pipeline supported redistributed leadership. We conclude with implications for theory and the design of social computing systems. %@ 978-1-4503-1331-5

@inproceedings{Luther:2013:RLO:2441776.2441891, abstract = {In this paper, we integrate theories of distributed leadership and distributed cognition to account for the roles of people and technology in online leadership. When leadership is distributed effectively, the result can be success stories like Wikipedia and Linux. However, finding a successful distribution is challenging. In the online community Newgrounds, hundreds of collaborative animation projects called "collabs" are started each year, but less than 20% are completed. We suggest that many collabs fail because leaders are overburdened and lack adequate technological support. We introduce Pipeline, a collaboration tool designed to support and transform leadership, with the goal of easing the burden on leaders of online creative projects. Through a case study of a six-week, 30-artist collaboration called Holiday Flood, we show how Pipeline supported redistributed leadership. We conclude with implications for theory and the design of social computing systems.}, acmid = {2441891}, added-at = {2014-10-13T04:04:57.000+0200}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Luther, Kurt and Fiesler, Casey and Bruckman, Amy}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e227c8f1bbb1f78d2825d8d1e76d2c38/lanubile}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work}, description = {Redistributing leadership in online creative collaboration}, doi = {10.1145/2441776.2441891}, interhash = {51e0871d1d00991d9b41b1d4d7ee0255}, intrahash = {e227c8f1bbb1f78d2825d8d1e76d2c38}, isbn = {978-1-4503-1331-5}, keywords = {creative reticollab1415}, location = {San Antonio, Texas, USA}, numpages = {16}, pages = {1007--1022}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {CSCW '13}, timestamp = {2014-10-13T04:04:57.000+0200}, title = {Redistributing Leadership in Online Creative Collaboration}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2441776.2441891}, year = 2013 }