Common ground, complex problems and decision making

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 529-556

  Beers, Pieter J ^a   Boshuizen, Henny P A ^b   Kirschner, Paul A ^c   Gijselaers, Wim H ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common ground; Complex problems; Decision making; Decision support; ICT tools; Negotiation of meaning; Negotiation of position

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750501377     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-006-9030-1     Document Type: Article

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