“Information technology to support electronic meetings"
Management Information Systems Quarterly
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on computer graphics: state of the arts
A comparison of laboratory and field research in the study of electronic meeting systems
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue on management support systems
Computer support of groups: theory-based models for GDSS research
Management Science
Structuring time and task in electronic brainstorming
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
A test of task-technology fit theory for group support systems
ACM SIGMIS Database
Information Systems Research
Research Note: Electronic Brainstorming: Illusions and Patterns of Productivity
Information Systems Research
An assessment of group support systems experimental research: methodology and results
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: GSS insights: a look back at the lab, a look forward from the field
Human-Computer Interaction
New tools for the determination of e-commerce inhibitors
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: Agents and e-commerce business models
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The shaping of I.T. trajectories: evidence from the U.K. public sector
European Journal of Information Systems - Including a special section on business agility and diffusion of information technology
An Inductively Derived Model of Leader-Initiated Relationship Building with Virtual Team Members
Journal of Management Information Systems
Collaboration Engineering with ThinkLets to Pursue Sustained Success with Group Support Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Sensitive cabbies: Ongoing sense-making within technology structuring
Information and Organization
Information technology and culture: Identifying fragmentary and holistic perspectives of culture
Information and Organization
Dialogical action research at omega corporation
MIS Quarterly
Reliability, mindfulness, and information systems
MIS Quarterly
Enabling Large-Scale Deliberation Using Attention-Mediation Metrics
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
A Question of Timing: The Impact of Information Acquisitions on Group Design Making
Information Resources Management Journal
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GDSS has enjoyed about a decade and a half of vigorous research activity. Throughout this time, a problem that has occupied the research community is the inconsistent research results that have been obtained. The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the reason for these inconsistencies is rooted in the epistemological mode that has prevailed and to offer an alternative epistemological lens that might help advance our understanding of GDSS use and research. Using qualitative research methods and a symbolic interactionist theoretical basis, this paper examines how a particular group used a GDSS over two meetings. The findings indicate that GDSS use may result in reactions from its users that are difficult to capture using conventional methodological assumptions, thereby helping explain why past results have not been consistent. Based on these findings, a shift in focus is advocated from an emphasis on the technology to an emphasis on human interaction, one that embraces the reasons underlying past inconsistencies rather than attempting to overcome them.