Adoption patterns of low-structure groupware: Experiences with collaborative writing software

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages 41-50

  Rao, V S ^a   McLeod, P L ^b   Beard, K M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE;

ADOPTION PATTERNS; COLLABORATIVE WRITING; COST BENEFITS; MULTIPLE LEVELS; SUBTASKS; TASK LEVELS; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0004493664     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1996.493175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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