Computer-mediated and face-to-face groups: Who makes riskier decisions?

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 133-142

  Valacich, J S ^a   Sarker, S ^a   Pratt, J ^b   Groomer, M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Computer mediated communication; Data analysis; Decision making; Face; Polarization; Testing

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; TESTING;

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER MEDIATED GROUPS; FACE; GROUP COMMUNICATIONS; INTRA-GROUP CONFLICTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; RISK-TAKING BEHAVIORS;

FORTH (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 29244446062     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.993870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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