Relating collaborative technology use to teamwork quality and performance: An empirical analysis

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-265

  Easley, Robert F ^a   Devaraj, Sarv ^b   Crant, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration technology; Collaborative systems; Computer self efficacy (CSE); Group support systems (GSS); Groupware; Team performance; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037366821     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2003.11045747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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