“…In fact, some comparisons suggest that solitary oral brainstorming leads to more ideas than electronic brainstorming (cf, Paulus et al, 1995). For group sizes of nine or more, electronic brainstorming groups can outperform similar size groups of solitary brainstormers (Dennis & Valacich, 1993;Valacich et al, 1994;Valacich, Wheeler, Mennecke, & Wachter, 1995). However, there is still some dispute about the reliability of this effect (e.g., Pinsonneault et af., 1999).…”