LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS ONGROUP COMMITMENT: A THEORETICAL MODEL

摘要

Human knowledge is one of the scarce resourcesrnand strategic assets of organization. Turnover inrnorganization has long been one of the major problems thatrnmost organizations are facing. Commitment is found tornbe a critical factor to sustain organizations' competitivernadvantages. The organizational commitment is derivedrnfrom group commitment within a particular organization.rnThis paper introduces long-term variable (grouprncommitment) of using GDSS and proposes a long-termrneffect of GDSS on group commitment. Socializationrntheory and team theory are used to explain the theoreticalrnbackground underlying the model.