Augmenting group sense making in ill-defined, emerging situations:Experiences, lessons learned and issues for future development

Information Technology & People

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-252

  Nosek, John T ^a   Mcneese, Michael D ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Interaction; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986116665     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593849710178216     Document Type: Article

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