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Chapter 6
Does Professional Work
Need to Be Studied in
a Natural Setting?
A Secondary Analysis of a Laboratory
Study of Software Developers
John Rooksby
University of Glasgow
CONTENTS
6.1 Introduction 80
6.2 Background 80
6.3 Conversation Analysis 82
6.4 Analysis of Laboratory Contrivances 82
6.4.1 Contrivance 1: Requirement to Use the Whiteboard 82
6.4.2 Contrivance 2: e Task 84
6.4.3 Contrivance 3: 2-Hour Time Limit 85
6.4.4 Contrivance 4: Video Camera 86
6.5 Findings 87
6.5.1 Laboratory Simulations Are Contrived 87
6.5.2 Contrivances Are Pervasive but Not Controlling 88
6.5.3 Identity and Experience ...