Groups interacting with technology : ideas, evidence, issues, and an agenda / Joseph E. McGrath, Andrea B. Hollingshead.
"Whether technology can improve a work group's productivity is one of the questions addressed in this volume, which examines how the use of computers and other electronic technology affects the behaviour of groups - and the results of a group's endeavours.; ; Contributors also discuss...
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
[1994]
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| Series: | Sage library of social research ;
v. 194. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Electronic Technology in Work Groups
- Research on Groups With Computers
- Delineating the Domain of Study
- Organization of the Book
- 2. Systems: Applying Electronic Technology in Work Groups
- GCSS: Technologies That Modify the Group's Internal Communication System
- GISS: Technologies That Modify the Group's Information Base
- GXSS: Technologies That Modify the Group's External Communication System
- GPSS: Technologies That Modify the Group's Performance Processes
- 3. Ideas: Major Conceptual Formulations About the Effects of Electronic Technology in Work Groups
- GPSS: Using Technology to Support Group Meetings
- GCSS: Using Technology to Alter Work and Work Relationships
- GISS and GXSS: Informational, Temporal, and Interactional Processes in Groups
- Organizational Context: The Impact of Technology on Communication and Information Processes in Organizations
- Integrations: The Interplay of Time, Tasks, and Technology in Work Groups and Organizations
- 4. Evidence: A Summary of Empirical Research Regarding the Effects of Electronic Technology in Work Groups
- Key Variations in the Empirical Studies
- Some Methodological Issues
- Technology in Groups: Summary of Empirical Findings
- Discussion
- 5. Integration and Agenda for Future Research
- A Conceptual Framework for Research Planning
- Continuity and Change Over Time: A Dynamic Framework
- An Agenda for Future Research on Technology in Groups
- Bibliography
- Appendix: Annotated Bibliography of Research Literature on Electronic Technology in Work Groups
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- About the Authors.