Improving productivity and creativity in online groups through social comparison process: New evidence for asynchronous electronic brainstorming

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-28

  Michinov, Nicolas ^a   Primois, Corine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance   (France)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; Creativity; Electronic brainstorming; Internet; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; GROUPWARE; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTIVE COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CREATIVITY; ELECTRONIC BRAINSTORMING; SOCIAL COMPARISON;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 9244227066     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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