Media and group cohesion: Relative influences on social presence, task participation, and group consensus

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 371-390

  Yoo, Youngjin ^a   Alavi, Maryam ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desktop videoconferencing; Group cohesion; Group consensus; Group history; Media richness; Social presence; Task participation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUPWARE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

DESKTOP VIDEOCONFERENCING; GROUP COHESION; GROUP CONSENSUS; GROUP HISTORY; MEDIA RICHNESS; SOCIAL PRESENCE; TASK PARTICIPATION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0013111863     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3250922     Document Type: Article

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