Information is what you make of it: The influence of group history and computer support on information sharing, decision quality, and member perceptions

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-197

  Mennecke, Brian E ^a,b   Valacich, Joseph S ^c,d,e,f  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Mgmt Information Systems ^*

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision group history; Group cohesion; Group support systems; Information sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032223731     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1998.11518213     Document Type: Article

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