The impact of authority structure, incentive structure, and communication mode on group decision support system use

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 577-603

  Barkhi, Reza ^a   Jacob, Varghese S ^b   Pirkul, Hasan ^b  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

computer mediated communication; efficient frontier; GDSS; incentive structure; information richness; leader; social presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847166011     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622002000361     Document Type: Article

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