Information acquisition in group decision making

Information and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 55-74

  Saunders, Carol ^a,c   Miranda, Shaila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making processes; Electronic meeting systems; Group support systems; Information access

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PLANNING;

COGNITIVE CONFLICT TASK; DECISION QUALITY; ELECTRONIC MEETING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ACQUISITION;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 0032167107     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(98)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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