Electronic meeting systems to support group work

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 40-61

  Nunamaker, J F ^a   Dennis, Alan R ^a   Valacich, Joseph S ^a   Vogel, Douglas ^b   George, Joey F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84976759085     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/105783.105793     Document Type: Article

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