Information technology support for collaborative decision making in auditing: An experimental investigation

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-194

  Karan, Vijay ^a,c   Kerr, David S ^b   Murthy, Uday S ^b   Vinze, Ajay S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Choice shift; Collaborative decision making; Group decision support systems

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

AUDITING; CHOICE SHIFT; COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030108075     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9236(95)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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