A cross-cultural comparison of GSS and non-GSS consensus and satisfaction levels within and between the U.S. and Mexico

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 1996, Pages 408-417

  Mejias, R ^a   Lazenco, L ^b   Rico, A ^b   Torres, A ^b   Vogel, D ^c   Shepherd, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; EMPIRICAL DATA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUP CONSENSUS; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ME-XICO; NATIONAL CULTURES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84969535189     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1996.493236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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