Media effects on the development of cohesion and process satisfaction in computer-supported workgroups - An analysis of results from two longitudinal studies

Information Technology & People

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 122-141

  Burke, Kelly ^a   Aytes, Kregg ^b   Chidambaram, Laku ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Group working; Information management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986059578     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840110397894     Document Type: Article

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