GSS for multi-organizational collaboration: Reflections on process and content

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-331

  Ackermann, Fran ^a   Franco, L Alberto ^b   Gallupe, Brent ^c   Parent, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborations; Group Support Systems; Multi organizational teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144501228     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-005-0317-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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