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Internet utilization in decision making among emergent knowledge workers: poster proposal

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In this poster we present the results of a survey conducted among university students and recent graduates concerning their use of the Internet when making decisions. The preliminary results of our work suggest a relationship exists between our respondents' decision-making satisfaction and their use of social networking technology (primarily to confer with family and friends) during the decision-making process.

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    iConference '11: Proceedings of the 2011 iConference
    February 2011
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    DOI:10.1145/1940761
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