A study of group support systems and the intergroup setting

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 452-460

  Lim, John ^a   Guo, Xiaojia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Common fate; Group support systems; Intergroup; Workgroup

Indexed keywords

ELSEVIER (CO); GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GSS); SOCIAL INFLUENCES; SUPPORTING ROLE; WORKGROUPS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 44849119199     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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