Effects of four modes of group communication on the outcomes of software requirements determination

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-118

  Ocker, Rosalie ^a,b   Fjermestad, Jerry ^c,d   Hiltz, Starr Roxanne ^e,f,g   Johnson, Kenneth ^h  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e New Jersey Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^h ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer conferencing; Computer mediated communication; Creativity; Group support systems; Requirements analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032223751     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1998.11518198     Document Type: Article

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