Explaining Sophistication in Collaborative Technology Use: A Context-Technology Fit Perspective

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-213

  Vaidya, Sanjiv D ^a   Seetharaman, Priya ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Adoption and use; Collaborative technology; Group decision support systems; Qualitative research; Sophistication

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952009485     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-009-9172-z     Document Type: Article

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