The design of GSS-enabled interventions: A Habermasian perspective

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 415-435

  Sheffield, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Communicative action; Group support systems (GSS); Strategic urban planning; Universal pragmatics; Validity claims

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044453927     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GRUP.0000045750.48336.f7     Document Type: Article

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