Effects of group support system and task type on social influences in small groups

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 578-587

  Huang, Wei ^a   Raman, K S ^a   Wei, Kwok Kee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GSS);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031236312     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3468.618257     Document Type: Article

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