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作者：Griffith, TL; Northcraft, GB
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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作者：Niederman, F; Beise, CM; Beranek, PM
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：In an effort to boost meeting productivity and success, managers may employ trained group facilitators. They may also implement group support systems (GSS) for the same reason. The two approaches can be taken separately or together. In this study, in-depth interviews with 37 practicing facilitators provided their perspectives on critical factors that influence meeting success and potential benefits and concerns with the use of GSS. Respondents focused on a core of communication and group proce...
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作者：George, JF
摘要：Computer-based monitoring, the practice of collecting performance information on employees through the computers they use at work, continues to be a popular topic. How mush is known about computer-based monitoring as it is practiced in the workplace? Unfortunately, very little, even though much has been written on the subject. This article reports on five case studies of organizations that employ computer-based monitoring to collect performance data on clerical workers. Although all five organ...
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作者：Harkness, WL; Kettinger, WJ; Segars, AH
作者单位：University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia; Clemson University
摘要：Orchestrating programs of organizational transformation that result in sustained process improvement represents a difficult managerial challenge. Yet, ever-changing customer requirements, electronic partnerships, and increasingly complex intraorganizational arrangements are forcing many well-established firms to transform themselves from function-based forms of organization into process-based systems of managerial, task, and evaluative arrangements. Through a program of managed transformation,...
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作者：Smith, HJ; Milburg, SJ; Burke, SJ
摘要：Information privacy has been called one of the most important ethical issues of the information age. Public opinion polls show rising levels of concern about privacy among Americans. Against this backdrop, research into issues associated with information privacy is increasing. Based on a number of preliminary studies, it has become apparent that organizational practices, individuals' perceptions of these practices, and societal responses are inextricably linked in many ways. Theories regarding...
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作者：Chidambaram, L
摘要：This study examines how group attitudes and outcomes evolve over time with repeated use of a group support system. Social Information Processing (SIP) theory, which suggests that relational intimacy may take longer to develop in computer-supported groups, was used as the basis for testing a temporally bounded model of group behavior. The basic argument underlying this model is that computer-supported groups, given adequate time, will exchange enough social information to develop strong relatio...
