Opening up the black box in GSS research: explaining group decision outcome with group process

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-78

  Huang, Wayne ^a   Li, D ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Group decision outcome; Group interaction process; Group support systems; Task type

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH;

GROUP DECISION OUTCOME; GROUP INTERACTION PROCESS; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GSS); TASK TYPE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33747812080     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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