Decision making performance of interacting groups: An experimental investigation of the effects of task type and communication mode

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-360

  Murthy, Uday S ^a   Kerr, David S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Dispersed organizations; Group decision making; Group interaction; Media synchronicity theory; Teams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION MAKING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037408613     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(02)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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