The social construction of meaning: An alternative perspective on information sharing

Information Systems Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-106

  Miranda, Shaila M ^a   Saunders, Carol S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication Media; Decision Quality; Group Support Systems; Information Sharing; Intersubjective Interpretation; Social Construction of Meaning; Social Presence; Task Closure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0038640460     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.14.1.87.14765     Document Type: Article

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