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| Author: | Hayne, S. C. Pollard, C. E. Rice, R. E. |
| Title: | Identification of Comment Authorship in Anonymous Group Support Systems |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Information Systems
2003 : SUMMER, VOL. 20:1, p. 301-329 |
| Index terms: | COMMUNICATION NETWORKS GROUPS BRAINSTORMING GROUP DECISION MAKING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This study examines whether technically "anonymous" comments entered by participants during group support system (GSS) brainstorming sessions are, in fact, unidentifiable. Hypotheses are developed and tested about the influences of comment length, comment evaluative tone, duration of group membership, and prior communication among group members on the accuracy of attributions they made about the identity of the authors of these technically anonymous comments. Data on prior communication and group history about each of the 32 small groups was collected before participants began using a GSS for brainstorming. Immediately after the session, each member was asked to attribute authorship to a sample of the session's anonymous comments. |
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