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Lilas H. Taha

M.S. Human Factors Engineering

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Electrical Engineer whose interest is on isolating worker performance problems according to social interaction in the work place. Examining sociotechnical systems and advocating for worker safety and productivity.

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1995
 
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Caldwell, Barrett S., Uang, Shiaw-Tsyr and Taha, Lilas H. (1995): Appropriateness of Communications Media Use in Organizations: Situation Requirements and Media Characteristics. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 14 (4) pp. 199-207.

“The purpose of this paper is to examine media use in organizations as affected by situation requirements and media characteristics. This paper discusses the strength of four existing models describing communications media use in individuals and organizations. The paper also presents research which evaluated interactions of multiple situation variables affecting communications media appropriateness in a survey population. Participants rated the acceptability of each of twelve communications media in each of eight hypothetical organizational situations. Situations varied based on high or low levels of three factors: message urgency, amount of message content, and distance between communicators. Results indicated (1) situations have unique and significant contributions to media appropriateness; (2) appropriateness of media usage depends on the match between situation requirements and media characteristics, and (3) situation effects are more salient in some 'situation-dependent' media. Another survey of 1072 voice mail users confirmed the validity and reliability of these results.”

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1993
 
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Taha, Lilas H. and Caldwell, Barrett S. (1993): Social Isolation and Integration in Electronic Environments. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 12 (5) pp. 276-283.

“This paper examines the role of communications technology advances in affecting social interactions in groups and organizations. A discussion of the functions of communication and contact leads to the development of the concept of the 'electronic environment'. Past research identifies issues of a person's need for contact and the costs and benefits of contact in computer-mediated or other electronic communications media. In this paper, these issues focus on social isolation, integration, and feedback between group members as vital aspects of effective group interaction. Understanding of these aspects is presented as a key to appreciating the influence of communications media on organizational and social behaviour. Although the initial focus of this paper is on interactions between individuals within a group, applications are also discussed regarding interactions between groups, or between individuals and others outside the primary group. Examinations of the implications of the concept of electronic environments includes directions for future development and integration of research perspectives.”

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1992
 
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Taha, Lilas H. and Caldwell, Barrett S. (1992): Communication Media Acceptance in Organizations: An Alternative Research Model. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting 1992. pp. 881-885.

“This paper describes an alternative approach to examining the role of situational, technological, and physiological factors in electronic media use in organizations. Existing models of media use tend to focus on one dimension of the communication process. Major theories discussed are Social Presence (Short, Williams, and Christie, 1976), Information Richness (Daft and Lengel, 1984; 1986), and Social Information Processing (Fulk, Steinfield, Schmitz, and Power, 1987). The authors' perspective derives from a combination of elements of these theories. In our view, communication media use is affected by interactions of three dimensions of factors: media characteristics, situational demands, and individual and organizational acceptance. The authors' current research is briefly described, with a sample of results which support the hypotheses of multidimensional interactions in acceptability of communication media in organizations.”

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“ ... there are no simple 'right' answers for most web design questions (at least not for the important ones). What works is good, integrated design that fills a need--carefully thought out, well executed, and tested. ”

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