Social loafing in electronic brainstorming: Invoking social comparison through technology and facilitation techniques to improve group productivity

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 1995, Pages 523-532

  Sherpherd, M M ^a   Briggs, R O ^a   Reinig, B A ^a   Yen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

ELECTRONIC BRAINSTORMINGS; FEEDBACK TOOL; FIELD EXPERIENCE; GROUP PRODUCTIVITY; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; SOCIAL LOAFING; THEORY BUILDING;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84945163981     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1995.375697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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