Productivity enhancement from computer-mediated communication: a systems contingency approach
Communications of the ACMPublished 1 December 1988Open access
Starr Roxanne Hiltz
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A systems contingency approach to social impacts of computing predicts that productivity enhancement will be a function of a complex interaction of social and technical systems.
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A systems contingency approach to social impacts of computing predicts that productivity enhancement will be a function of a complex interaction of social and technical systems.
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