ELECTRONIC GROUPS AT WORK

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Finholt, Tom; Sproull, Lee S.
• 署名单位: Carnegie Mellon University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1.1.41
• 发表日期: 1990
• 页码: 41-64
• 关键词: ELECTRONIC WORK GROUPS; INFORMAL ELECTRONIC ORGANIZATIONS

摘要

This paper considers how computer-based communication technology, specifically electronic group mail, might affect group behavior in organizations. It proposes a framework for analyzing groups formed by electronic distribution lists. It describes the scope and nature of electronic group mail in one organization, illustrates how members of electronic distribution lists can exhibit fundamental group processes, and compares behavior in different kinds of electronic groups It suggests that the electronic group at work is a new social phenomenon that may contribute importantly to organizational behavior.