An empirical investigation of the effects of group support systems (GSS) and task type on group interactions from an influence perspective

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-206

  Huang, Wayne W ^a   Wei, K K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group interaction; Group processes; Group support systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034435056     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2000.11045647     Document Type: Article

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