Facilitation roles and responsibilities for sustained collaboration support in organizations

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 129-162

  Kolfschoten, Gwendolyn L ^a   Niederman, Fred ^b   Briggs, Robert O ^c   De Vreede, Gert Jan ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration engineering; collaboration support; facilitation; group support systems; group work

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION ENGINEERING; COLLABORATION SUPPORT; FACILITATION; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GROUP WORK;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GROUPWARE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84860668822     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222280406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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