Facilitator Influence in Group Support Systems: Intended and Unintended Effects

Information Systems Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-36

  Griffith, Terri L ^a   Fuller, Mark A ^b   Northcraft, Gregory B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic meeting systems; Facilitation; Group support systems; Groups; Power in organizations; Sociotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE;

ELECTRONIC MEETING SYSTEMS; FACILITATION; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUPS; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032375891     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.9.1.20     Document Type: Article

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