Theoretical and methodological issues in group support systems research: Learning from groups gone awry

Small Group Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 394-413

  Jessup, Leonard M ^a,c,d,e,f   George, Joey F ^b,g,h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Information Systems ^*  (United States)

^d Digital Communications Academy   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031500463     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496497283004     Document Type: Article

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