A META-ANALYSIS OF EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND PARTICIPANT SATISFACTION IN GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS RESEARCH

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 278-289

  Dennis, Alan R ^a   Haley, Barbara J ^a   Vandenberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY;

DECISIONS MAKINGS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; IDEA GENERATION; META-ANALYSIS; PARTICIPANTS SATISFACTIONS; PERFORMANCE; STUDY GROUPS; SYSTEM USE; SYSTEMS RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 85034553142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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