Editing Collaborative writing (section)

== Scholarly views ==
Linguist [[Neomy Storch]], in a 2005 Australian study, discovered that reflections pertaining to collaborative writing in regards to [[Second-language acquisition classroom research|second language]] learners in the classroom were overwhelmingly positive. The study compared the nature of collaborative writing of individual work versus that of group work, and Storch found that although paired groups wrote shorter texts, their work was more complex and accurate compared to individual works. The study consisted of 23 total participants: 5 doing individual work and 18 working in pairs. The pairs consisted of two male pairs, four female pairs and three male/female pairs. Post-assignment interviews revealed that the majority of students (16) yielded positive opinions about group work, but two students felt that group work is best reserved for oral activities and discussions rather than writing assignments.<ref name=":5"/> The majority of interviewees gave positive reviews, but one argued that group work was difficult when it came to criticizing another's work and another argued that there is a power imbalance when writing is based on ability. The two students who were stark opponents of collaborative writing revealed that it was hard to concentrate on their work and they were embarrassed by their supposedly poor [[English as a second or foreign language|English]] skills.<ref name=":5" />

Jason Palmeri found that when it came to inter-professional collaboration, most of the issues stemmed from miscommunication. In differing disciplines, one person may have a level of expertise and understanding that is foreign to another. Palmeri's study provided the example of a nurse and an attorney having different areas of expertise, so therefore they had differing understanding of concepts and even the meaning of the same words. While many of the issues resulted from miscommunication, the study found that some nurse consultants resisted change in terms of altering their writing style to fit the understanding or standards of the attorneys.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Palmeri|first=Jason|date=2004-01-01|title=When Discourses Collide: A Case Study of Interprofessional Collaborative Writing in a Medically Oriented Law Firm|journal=The Journal of Business Communication|volume=41|issue=1|pages=37–65|doi=10.1177/0021943603259582|s2cid=145397761|issn=0021-9436}}</ref>

Obstacles to collaborative work include a writers' inability to find time to meet with the rest of the group, personal preferences for organization and writing process, and a fear of being criticized.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Darolyn Lyn |last2=Jones |first2=James W. |last3=Murk |first3=Peter J. |date=2012 |title=Writing collaboratively: Priority, practice, and process. |journal=Adult Learning |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=90–93|doi=10.1177/1045159512443526 |s2cid=141689168 }}</ref>