Research Note. The Illusion of Electronic Brainstorming Productivity: Theoretical and Empirical Issues

Information Systems Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 378-380

  Pinsonneault, Alain ^a   Barki, Henri ^b   Gallupe, R Brent ^c   Hoppen, Norberto ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brainstorming; Electronic Meeting Systems; Group Process; Laboratory Study

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BRAINSTORMING; ELECTRONIC BRAINSTORMINGS; ELECTRONIC MEETING SYSTEMS; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP SIZE; LABORATORY STUDIES; LARGE GROUPS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS;

HARDWARE;

EID: 0347660334     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.10.4.378     Document Type: Article

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