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A Discussion on Process Losses in GSS: Suggested Ground Rules for the Electronic Environment

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As research with group support systems (GSS) moves forward, researchers must watch for and identify possible derivative process losses: proposed here as those process losses introduced into the group meeting process while researching a primary dysfunction. This paper reviews a set of GSS literature in order to find support for such derivative process losses. Five such derivative losses are proposed with corresponding ground rules for addressing them. One such loss, “stronger identification with non-consensus”, is discussed in more detail.

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  1. Accounting & MIS College of Business, California State University, Chico, USA

    Benjamin Martz Jr. Wm.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland

    Witold Abramowicz (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia

    Maria E. Orlowska (Dsc, Professor) (Dsc, Professor)

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Martz, B. (1999). A Discussion on Process Losses in GSS: Suggested Ground Rules for the Electronic Environment. In: Abramowicz, W., Orlowska, M.E. (eds) BIS ’99. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0875-7_3

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