Group, sub-group and nominal group idea generation in an electronic meeting environment

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 1991, Pages 573-579

  Dennis, Alan R ^a   Valacich, Joseph S ^b   Nunamaker, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP INTERACTION; GROUP MEMBERS; IDEA GENERATION; PROCESS GAIN; REANALYSIS; SUB-GROUPS;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

EID: 0041849342     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1991.184189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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