“…Although only a small number of studies have investigated the impact of group member familiarity on CSCL (Adams et al, 2005;Mennecke, Hoffer, & Valacich, 1995;Mukahi & Corbitt, 2004;Orengo Castellá, Zornoza Abad, Prieto Alonso, & Peiró Silla, 2000;Smolensky, Carmody, & Halcomb, 1990), researchers have demonstrated possible positive and negative consequences of increased familiarity among group members. For example, Adams et al found that when group members knew each other better, their satisfaction with the group process increased, although their decision accuracy decreased.…”