Information technology is providing the infrastructure necessary to support the development
of new organizational forms. Virtual teams represent one such organizational form, one that …

This is the first of two parts that examine the issue of group development and its impact on
the study design of group support systems (GSS). We review the various models of group …

The establishment of strong alignment between information technology (IT) and
organizational objectives has consistently been reported as one of the key concerns of …

Many organizations are forming “virtual teams” of geographically distributed knowledge
workers to collaborate on a variety of workplace tasks. But how effective are these virtual …

This study examines how group attitudes and outcomes evolve over time with repeated use
of a group support system. Social Information Processing (SIP) theory, which suggests that …

Many previous papers have lamented the fact that the findings of past GSS research have
been inconsistent. This paper develops a new model for interpreting GSS effects on …

Group polarization is the tendency of people to become more extreme in their thinking
following group discussion. It may be beneficial to some, but detrimental to other …

This research considers whether interpretive techniques can be used to enhance our
understanding of computer-mediated discussions. The case study considered in this …

Economic, social, and political institutions worldwide are relying increasingly on
communication technology to perform a variety of functions: holding electronic town …

Using meta-analytic procedures, this article quantitatively integrated the results of 31
experimental studies on the effects of Group Support System (GSS) use. A total of eight …