The meta environment: A new group support system structure

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-55

  Mandviwalla, Munir ^a,c   Gray, Paul ^b   Olfman, Lome ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Customization; Group support systems (GSS); Integration; Meta environment; Prototype development; Structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342345695     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327744joce0701_3     Document Type: Article

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