Team boundary issues across multiple global firms

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 157-190

  Alberto Espinosa, J ^a   Cummings, Jonathon N ^d   Wilson, Jeanne M ^b   Pearce, Brandi M ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cross functional teams; Distributed teams; Global teams; Interorganizational teams multiple boundaries; Organizational forms; Research methods; Virtual teams; Work groups

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

TEAM BOUNDARIES;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037368659     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2003.11045746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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