TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic meeting support
T2 - the GroupSystems concept
AU - Valacich, Joseph S.
AU - Dennis, Alan R.
AU - Nunamaker, J. F.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Jeff Hoffer and threea nonymousr eviewersf or their many excellent suggestionsfo r improving the paper. This researchw as partially supportedb y grants from IBM, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Army AIRMICS, AT&T, and NCR Corporation. Additional funding was provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities ResearchC ouncil of Canada.
PY - 1991/2
Y1 - 1991/2
N2 - In recent years, there has been a rapidly growing interest in the use of information technology to support face-to-face group meetings. Such Electronic Meeting System (EMS) environments represent a fundamental shift in the technology available for group meetings. In this paper, we describe the development and evaluation research conducted at the University of Arizona that has led to the installation of one EMS at more than 30 corporate and university sites around the world. Based on our experiences in working with student groups in controlled laboratory experiments and with organizational work groups in the field, we are convinced that EMS technology has the potential to dramatically change the way people work together by effectively supporting larger groups, reducing meeting and project time, and enhancing group member satisfaction.
AB - In recent years, there has been a rapidly growing interest in the use of information technology to support face-to-face group meetings. Such Electronic Meeting System (EMS) environments represent a fundamental shift in the technology available for group meetings. In this paper, we describe the development and evaluation research conducted at the University of Arizona that has led to the installation of one EMS at more than 30 corporate and university sites around the world. Based on our experiences in working with student groups in controlled laboratory experiments and with organizational work groups in the field, we are convinced that EMS technology has the potential to dramatically change the way people work together by effectively supporting larger groups, reducing meeting and project time, and enhancing group member satisfaction.
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U2 - 10.1016/0020-7373(91)90044-8
DO - 10.1016/0020-7373(91)90044-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:44949275987
SN - 0020-7373
VL - 34
SP - 261
EP - 282
JO - International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
JF - International Journal of Man-Machine Studies
IS - 2
ER -