Title: A longitudinal study of virtual teamwork with and without group support systems

Authors: Shin-Yuan Hung, Chuan-I Dai, Chia-Ming Chang

Addresses: Department of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, 160 San-Hsing Village, Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 62117, Taiwan. ' Department of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, 160 San-Hsing Village, Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 62117, Taiwan. ' Department of Information Management, TaTung Institute of Commerce and Technology, 253 Mi-Tuo Road, Chia-Yi 600, Taiwan

Abstract: This study compares the effectiveness of Group Support Systems (GSS) versus non-GSS tools in supporting virtual teamwork. Using a field experiment, the results show that non-GSS tools sometimes are not worse than GSS for virtual teamwork. Implications from these findings are also discussed.

Keywords: virtual teams; group support systems; GSS; information systems; IS evaluation; field experiments; virtual teamwork.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2007.014990

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, 2007 Vol.4 No.6, pp.703 - 719

Published online: 30 Aug 2007 *

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