Bridging Space over Time: Global Virtual Team Dynamics and Effectiveness

Organization Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 473-492

  Maznevski, Martha L ^a   Chudoba, Katherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed Teams; Electronic Communication; Global Virtual Teams; Grounded Theory; Media Choice; Multicultural Teams; Temporal Rhythms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034369483     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.11.5.473.15200     Document Type: Article

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