Assessment of Group Support Systems research: Results

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

This paper reports on the results of 200 Group Support Systems (GSS) experiments that have been published between 1970 and June of 1998. 1582 hypotheses resulting from pairings of independent and dependent variables were categorized and analyzed. The results show that the modal outcome for GSS systems compared to face-to-face (FtF) methods is `no difference,' while the overall percentage of positive effects for hypotheses that compare GSS to FtF is a disappointing 16.6%. These results vary by task type, the number of experimental groups per cell, and the type of dependent variable measured. The purpose of this paper is to aid the GSS researcher by presenting detailed results of what has been studied and found in previous experiments, along with a discussion of what needs to be studied.

Identifier

0032740046 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

ISSN

10603425

First Page

14

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