Measuring Disagreement in Groups Facing Limited-Choice Problems

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue , 1999, Pages 22-33

  Whitworth, Brian ^a   Felton, Roy ^a  

^a MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agreement; CMC; Computer mediated groups; Consensus; CSCW; Decisions; Disagreement; GSS; Normative influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007150835     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/344241.344243     Document Type: Article

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