Patterns in Electronic Brainstorming

International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC)

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 38-57

  Dennis, Alan R ^a   Pinsonneault, Alain ^b   McNamara Hilmer, Kelly ^c   Barki, Henri ^d   Galupe, Brent ^e   Huber, Mark ^f   Bellavance, François ^g  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^d HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

creativity; electronic brainstorming; group size; group support systems; idea generation; nominal groups; social loafing; synergy; time

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001655046     PISSN: 15483673     EISSN: 15483681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jec.2005100103     Document Type: Article

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