Wireless brainstorming: overcoming status effects in small group decisions

Convergence on Self-Generated vs. Crowdsourced Ideas in Crisis Response: Comparing Social Exchange Processes and Satisfaction with Process

“…Dominant behavior might further be facilitated by the absence of the idea contributor during the discussion in a team that is converging on crowdsourced ideas. Related to this, the finding by Davis et al [40] suggests that voting behavior differs in teams depending on whether the idea's source is anonymous or not. When the idea contributor cannot take part in convergence, team members do not need to be considerate in their communication.…”

The Tyranny of Embodiment

“…Studies have shown how status effects can have a negative impact on the productivity of brainstorming sessions (Valacich et al, 1992). On the other hand, studies have also shown that manipulating anonymity in brainstorming sessions improves productivity by eliciting ideas from less vocal group members (Davis et al, 2002). In exploring the affordances of different virtual embodiment schemes, we may very well find that certain configurations improve idea generation while other configurations improve decision-making.…”

Toward Better Solutions: An Analysis of the Ideation Literature in Light of Bounded Ideation Theory

“…Anonymity is meant to overcome evaluation apprehension, a goal congruence issue. Davis et al [38] reported more unique ideas from the anonymous groups than the identified groups but found no difference in the quality of the ideas. Rees and Koehler [39] found no significant difference by quantity or quality of ideas.…”

“…Two studies examined the anonymity feature of GSS including one that compared anonymous to identified GSS [38] and one that compared anonymous GSS to FTF [39]. Anonymity is meant to overcome evaluation apprehension, a goal congruence issue.…”