Putting on the thinking cap: Using NeuroIS to understand information processing biases in virtual teams

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 49-82

  Minas, Randall ^a   Potter, Robert ^b   Dennis, Alan ^a   Bartelt, Valerie ^c   Bae, Soyoung ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration technology; electroencephalography; information processing bias; NeuroIS; virtual teams

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MANAGEMENT;

COGNITIVE RESOURCES; COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY; FACIAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHIES; NEUROIS; PROCESS INFORMATION; VIRTUAL TEAM;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 84900005691     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222300403     Document Type: Article

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