An experimental examination of group history and group support system use on information sharing performance and user perceptions

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 1995, Pages 153-162

  Mennecke, B E ^a   Hoffer, J A ^b   Valacich, J S ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

AD HOC GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION; GROUP COHESIONS; GROUP MEMBERS; GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SHARING; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; USER PERCEPTIONS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 85035941272     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.1995.375734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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