Human versus automated facilitation in the GSS context

Authors:
Moez Limayem
Affiliations:
HEC, Lausanne University
Venue:
ACM SIGMIS Database
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Many group support systems (GSS) are currently being used with the help of a human facilitator who guides the group members through their use of the decision models. Another way to guide the use of these systems is to embed some facilitation mechanisms into the GSS itself (i.e., automated facilitation). Using the Adaptive Structuration Theory, this study investigated the tradeoffs associated with human facilitation and automated facilitation. Groups using a multicriteria decision model in the context of a resource allocation task were exposed to one of two experimental conditions: (1) human facilitation, or (2) automated facilitation. Results indicated that automated facilitation, embedded in the GSS, was as effective as human facilitation in enhancing the faithfulness of appropriation of the technology.