EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF SOME DISPLAY AND TASK FACTORS ON GSS USER GROUPS

This study examines the impact of public screen and task types on cons ensus change and influence equality in a GSS environment. The research ers employed a controlled laboratory experiment with 44 five-person gr oups. The independent variables were public screen type and task type. Two kinds of public screens were studied: common and individual. Two task types were examined: intellectual and preference. The dependent v ariables were consensus change and influence equality. The findings we re that a common public screen promotes consensus change with the pref erence but not the intellectual task. Moreover, individual public scre ens and the intellectual task encourage influence equality.