Estimating cohesion in small groups using audio-visual nonverbal behavior

IEEE Transactions on Multimedia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 563-575

  Hung, Hayley ^a   Gatica Perez, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohesion estimation; industrial psychology; meetings; nonverbal communication

Indexed keywords

AUDIO AND VIDEO; AUDIO-VISUAL; COHESION ESTIMATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY; MEETINGS; NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS; NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR; SMALL GROUPS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEAM EFFECTIVENESS; TEAM TRAINING;

COMMUNICATION; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ADHESION;

EID: 77956779598     PISSN: 15209210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMM.2010.2055233     Document Type: Article

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