A longitudinal study of the impact of group decision support systems on group development

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 7-25

  Chidambaram, Laku ^a   Bostrom, Robert P ^b   Wynne, Bayard E ^c  

^a Decision Sciences Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c School of Business ^*

Author keywords

Group behavior; Group decision support systems; Group development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449901327     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1990.11517894     Document Type: Article

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