Title: The effects of time on computer-mediated communication group meetings: an exploratory study using an evaluation task

Authors: Zachary Wong, Milam Aiken

Addresses: School of Business and Economics, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928, USA. ' School of Business Administration, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA

Abstract: Group discussion and decision-making under time constraints is part of many people|s lives and much remains unknown about this behaviour. In our study on the effects of time limits placed on computer-mediated group meetings, subjects participated in time-deprived, time-optimal and time-abundant conditions, respectively. This study indicated that in groups with different time conditions overall results varied in their perceptions on several areas of the meeting processes and, we found that the relationships between time and groups| perceptions of meeting processes and outcomes were not linear.

Keywords: computer-mediated communication; CMC; group support systems; electronic meetings; time restriction; time limits; e-meetings; group discussion; time constraints.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2006.010321

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, 2006 Vol.1 No.2, pp.138 - 158

Published online: 14 Jul 2006 *

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