Communication and trust in global virtual teams

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L ^a   Leidner, Dorothy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; GROUP COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 0345777149     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1998.tb00080.x     Document Type: Review

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