Understanding computer-mediated discussions: Positivist and interpretive analyses of group support system use

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-78

  Trauth, Eileen M ^a   Jessup, Leonard M ^b,c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Computer mediated communication; Ethnography; Gender; Group decision making; Group decision support system; Hermeneutics; Information richness; Interpretive methods; IS research methodologies; Positivist methods; Virtual group

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COLLEGE BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANONYMITY; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; GENDER; GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HERMENEUTICS; INFORMATION RICHNESS; INTERPRETIVE METHODS; IS RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; POSITIVIST METHODS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0012758341     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3250979     Document Type: Article

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