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Researchers from several different domains have conducted studies about cooperation, and a wealth of different models and theories have been generated as a result. In this paper we describe an initial version of an integrative model for the initiation of cooperation, with the theoretical background from which it was created. Our main goals were to gain a better understanding, organize and structure the most important aspects and recurrent themes that show up in cooperative behavior research, adapting them when necessary. We are especially interested in the initiation of cooperation, and in the determination of factors that lead to the establishment of cooperative endeavors with the final goal of understanding what affects and how to encourage cooperation. A model such as this could be applied to groupware tools to increase the levels of cooperation between users.
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Vivacqua, A.S., Barthès, JP., de Souza, J.M. (2005). Towards a Model of Cooperation. In: Fukś, H., Lukosch, S., Salgado, A.C. (eds) Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use. CRIWG 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3706. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11560296_29
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