The collaborative conflict management style and cultural diversity in DGSS supported fuzzy tasks: An experimental investigation

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Samarah, I ^a   Paul, S ^a   Mykytyn, P ^a   Seetharaman, P ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

COLLABORATIVE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; GROUP PERFORMANCE; MODERATING EFFECT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84969522804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1173758     Document Type: Conference Paper

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