“…Second, they assessed the total amount of participation, influence, or consensus and not participation or influence equality or decision shifts (e.g., Easton, George, Nunamaker, & Pendergast, 1990;Hiltz, Johnson, & Turoff, 1991;Olaniran, 1996;Straus, 1997). 6 Finally, they did not include enough information to calculate effects (e.g., Burke & Chidambaram, 1994;Hwang & Guynes, 1994;Mejias et al, 1996;Mejias et al, 1997;Samarah, Paul, Mykytyn, & Seetharaman, 2003). A total of 44 studies involving 48 different experiments were examined in the final analyses.…”