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The contributions of organizational science to the development of decision support systems research subspecialties

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  • Sean B. Eom
  • Roy S. Farris

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This study is conducted to infer the intellectual structure of the decision support systems (DSS) field by means of an empirical assessment of the DSS literature over the period 1971 through 1990. Three multivariate data analysis tools (factor analysis, multidimensional scaling, and cluster analysis) are applied to an author cocitation frequency matrix derived from a large database file of comprehensive DSS literature over the same period. We conclude that decision support systems are grounded in several contributing disciplines, such as organizational science, multiple criteria decision making, group decision making, and strategic planning. We further conclude that the DSS area is in the process of building its own articulated theories in the subareas of foundations, group decision support systems, model management, user interface/individual differences, and decision support systems implementation, and that organizational scientists have made important contributions to the development of DSS research subspecialties. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • Sean B. Eom & Roy S. Farris, 1996. "The contributions of organizational science to the development of decision support systems research subspecialties," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 47(12), pages 941-952, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:47:y:1996:i:12:p:941-952
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199612)47:123.0.CO;2-2
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    1. Sandra Miguel & Félix Moya-Anegón & Víctor Herrero-Solana, 2008. "A new approach to institutional domain analysis: Multilevel research fronts structure," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 74(3), pages 331-344, March.
    2. Carlos Mate & Rafael Calderon, 2000. "Exploring the characteristics of rotating electric machines with factor analysis," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(8), pages 991-1006.
    3. Eom, Sean B, 1998. "The Intellectual Development and Structure of Decision Support Systems (1991-1995)," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 26(5), pages 639-657, October.
    4. Eom, Sean, 2008. "All author cocitation analysis and first author cocitation analysis: A comparative empirical investigation," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 2(1), pages 53-64.

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