How did Marshall Scott Poole and colleagues use structuration theory heuristically in their study of group decision making?

a. They used the general theory of structuration to make sense of the ways rules, resources, and structures are produced and reproduced in small group interaction.
b. They sought to gain support for structuration theory by deriving specific hypotheses geared at group communication processes.
c. They inductively derived statements from general structuration theory to help explain group communication structures and practices.
d. They deduced specific propositions from the extant literature on group decision making to construct a structuration theory of small group communication.

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