Decision Sciences Journal

Volume 28, Number 4
Fall 1997

Research Focus:
Emerging Information Technologies:
Current Uses, Potential Influences, and
Future Organizational Prospects

• The Significance of Information Systems Research on Emerging Technologies: Seven Information Technologies that Promise to Improve Managerial Effectiveness
  Kenneth E. Kendall
  (pp. 775-792)
  
• Animation in User Interfaces Designed for Decision Support Systems: The Effects of Image Abstraction, Transition, and Interactivity on Decision Quality
  Cleotilde González and George M. Kasper
  (pp. 793-823)
  
• The Emergence of Hypertext and Problem Solving:
  An Experimental Investigation of Accessing and Using Information from Linear versus Nonlinear Systems
  Narender K. Ramarapu, Mark N. Frolick,
  Ronald B. Wilkes, and James C. Wetherbe
  (pp. 825-849)
  
• Client/Server System Success: Exploring the Human Side
  Tor Guimaraes and Magid Igbaria
  (pp. 851-876)
  
• Media Appropriateness: Effects of Experience on Communication Media Choice
  Ruth C. King and Weidong Xia
  (pp. 877-910)
  
• Group Support Systems, Power, and Influence in an Organization: A Field Study
  Susan Rebstock Williams and Rick L. Wilson
  (pp. 911-937)
  
• An Empirical Investigation into Factors Relating to the Adoption of Executive Information Systems:
  An Analysis of EIS for Collaboration and Decision Support
  Arun Rai and Deepinder S. Bajwa
  (pp. 939-974)
  
• Virtual Teams versus Face-to-Face Teams: An Exploratory Study of a Web-based Conference System
  Merrill E. Warkentin, Lutfus Sayeed, and Ross Hightower
  (pp. 975-996)