An Action Research Study of Effects of Asynchronous Groupware Support on Productivity and Outcome Quality in Process Redesign Groups

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-168

  Kock, Ned ^a   McQueen, Robert J ^b  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Action research; Asynchronous groupware; Groups; New zealand; Process improvement; Process redesign

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011851073     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce0802_4     Document Type: Article

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