The management of distributed projects across cultures

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 58-70

  Evaristo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Distributed projects; Project management; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

VIRTUAL TEAMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0042932372     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2003100104     Document Type: Article

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