How much bandwidth is enough? A longitudinal examination of media characteristics and group outcomes

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-580

  Burke, Kelly ^a   Chidambaram, Laku ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication media; Computer mediated communication; Group perceptions; Group performance; Longitudinal research strategies

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PERFORMANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; GROUP PERFORMANCE; GROUP PRECEPTIONS; LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH STRATEGIES;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0013304224     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249489     Document Type: Article

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