An Investigation On The Relationships Among Social Presence, Decision Process Satisfaction, And Group Performance

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the important relationship among social presence, decision process satisfaction, and group performance. A laboratory experiment was conducted in October 2001. Seventy two voluntarily university students which were randomly assigned into 24 three-member groups were asked to work on a decision making task. The results indicated that (1) there is a positive relationship between groups' perceived degree of social presence and their decision process satisfaction, and (2) there is a positive relationship between groups' decision process satisfaction and group performance.