Virtual teams versus face-to-face teams: An exploratory study of a Web-based conference system

Decision Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 975-996

  Warkentin, Merrill E ^a   Sayeed, Lutfus ^b   Hightower, Ross ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Computer Conference; Computer mediated Communication Systems (CMCS); Internet; Virtual Teams; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031327244     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1997.tb01338.x     Document Type: Article

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