Information exchange and use in group decision making: You can lead a group to information, but you can't make it think

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-454

  Dennis, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group support systems; GSS; Hidden profile; Information exchange

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GSS; HIDDEN PROFILE; INFORMATION EXCHANGE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0000931018     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249563     Document Type: Article

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