Because time matters: Temporal coordination in global virtual project teams

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 129-155

  Massey, Anne P ^b   Montoya Weiss, Mitzi M ^a   Hung, Yu Ting ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Computer mediated communication; Temporal coordination; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

VIRTUAL PROJECT TEAMS;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037366843     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2003.11045742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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