The Role of Latent Beliefs and Group Cohesion in Predicting Group Decision Support Systems Success

Abstract

In this article, the authors focus on determining whether a group's attributes influence the effectiveness of the group's use of group decision support systems (GDSS). Specifically, their research objective is to understand the impact of the perception of the GDSS and group cohesion on outcomes of enjoyment with the process, enjoyment with the decision, the effectiveness of the decision, and efficiency of the decision. To test their hypothesis, the authors conducted a lab experiment. The results were then calculated utilizing PLS Graph. It was found that each of the five characteristics of the innovation is a significant factor in the second-order construct, with Relative Advantage exhibiting the highest loading. The latent belief toward the GDSS was a significant driver of all the GDSS outcomes, except for Decision Efficiency. Group cohesion significantly predicted enjoyment and effectiveness, but it did not drive the group to be more efficient. Conclusions and implications for further research are also discussed.

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“…Group commitment is the degree to which the group members value their group membership and want to continue to belong to it [8]. With commitment, members tend to try to accomplish the group task and take pleasure from belonging to the group [15]. They also tend to work more closely together to find a mutually agreeable solution to the outcome.…”

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“…집단응집은 집단 내 멤버가 집단에 대해 갖고 있는 매력도 또는 집단에 대한 소속감이나 집단 멤버로서 느끼는 사기(morale)로서 높은 집단응 집은 멤버들 간의 관계가 편하면서도 이해도가 높고 의견교환이 수월한 것으로 알려져 있다 (Chin et al, 1999;Schwarz and Schwarz, 2007;Yoo and Alavi, 2001). 따라서 조직행위론을 비 롯한 기존의 경영학 이론에서는 오랜 시간을 두 고 여러 가지 수준에서 응집을 형성한 집단일수 록 그렇지 않은 집단에 비해 조직 성과가 높은 것으로 밝히고 있다 (Klein and Mulvey, 1995;Langfred, 1998 (Mennecke and Valacich, 1998;Srite et al, 2007 (Davis, 1989;Ajzen, 2002 (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975;1990).…”

“…따라서 조직행위론을 비 롯한 기존의 경영학 이론에서는 오랜 시간을 두 고 여러 가지 수준에서 응집을 형성한 집단일수 록 그렇지 않은 집단에 비해 조직 성과가 높은 것으로 밝히고 있다 (Klein and Mulvey, 1995;Langfred, 1998 (Mennecke and Valacich, 1998;Srite et al, 2007 (Davis, 1989;Ajzen, 2002 (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975;1990). 정보 시스템 이론에서 대표적인 감성적 경험에 관한 변수 가운데 하나인 지각된 즐거움(perceived enjoyment) 역시 플로우를 기반으로 하고 있다 (Moon and Kim, 2001 (Klein and Mulvey, 1995;Langfred, 1998;Schwarz and Schwarz, 2007). 따라서 다음과 같은 가설이 성 립한다.…”

“…즉, MMOG 의 사용자는 정보처리의 주체나 게임 플레이어 이면서 가상공간 안에서 하나의 사회적 존재가 된다 (이웅규와 권정일, 2006). 특히 Poole, 1994;Limayem et al, 2005;Mennecke and Valacichi, 1988;Salisbury et al, 2002;Schwarz, 2007;Srite et al, 2007 (Littlepage et al, 1997). 따라서 (Davis, 1989;Davis et al, 1989)을 기반으로 하여 온라 인 게임의 수용 여부를 검증하고 있다 (한광현과 김태웅, 2006;Ha et al, 2007;Hsu and Lu, 2004;.…”

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