Effects of culture, social presence, and group composition on trust in technology-supported decision-making groups

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-315

  Lowry, Paul Benjamin ^a   Zhang, Dongsong ^b   Zhou, Lina ^b   Fu, Xiaolan ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Culture; Individualism; Interpersonal trust; Social presence; Virtual groups

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION QUALITY; DECISION-MAKING GROUPS; GROUP COMPOSITION; HOMOGENEOUS GROUP; INDIVIDUALISM; INTERPERSONAL TRUST; SOCIAL PRESENCE; VIRTUAL GROUP;

CELL CULTURE; COMMUNICATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84863337613     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2009.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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