Understanding the Group Size Effect in Electronic Brainstorming

Small Group Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 332-352

  Paulus, Paul B ^a   Kohn, Nicholas W ^b   Arditti, Lauren E ^a   Korde, Runa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

brainstorming; computer mediated communication; creativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877798430     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496413479674     Document Type: Article

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