Cognitive conflict and consensus generation in virtual teams during knowledge capture: Comparative effectiveness of techniques

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 311-350

  Chiravuri, Ananth ^a   Nazareth, Derek ^b   Ramamurthy, K ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive conflict; conflict resolution; consensus generation; Delphi technique; knowledge capture; knowledge management; repertory grid technique; virtual teams

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

COGNITIVE CONFLICT; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; CONSENSUS GENERATION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; KNOWLEDGE CAPTURE; REPERTORY GRID TECHNIQUE; VIRTUAL TEAM;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80051778098     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222280110     Document Type: Article

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