A dialogue technique to enhance electronic communication in virtual teams

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-165

  Tan, Bernard C Y ^a   Wei, Kwok Kee ^a   Huang, Wayne W ^b   Ng, Guet Ngoh ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decision outcome; Dialogue technique; Electronic communication; Relational development; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; RELATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 0033717712     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.843643     Document Type: Article

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