Communication and Trust in Global Virtual Teams

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 791-815

  Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L ^a   Leidner, Dorothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Global teams; Global virtual teams; Group development; Swift trust; Trust; Virtual organizations; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033265783     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.6.791     Document Type: Article

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