On the measurement of ideation quality

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 143-161

  Reinig, Bruce A ^a   Briggs, Robert O ^b,c   Nunamaker Jr , Jay F ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Electronic brainstorming; Group support systems; Idea quality; Idea quantity; Ideation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ELECTRONIC BRAINSTORMING; IDEA QUALITY; IDEA QUANTITY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 38349176773     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230407     Document Type: Article

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