Impact of heterogeneity and collaborative conflict management style on the performance of synchronous global virtual teams

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-321

  Paul, Souren ^a   Seetharaman, Priya ^b   Samarah, Imad ^a   Mykytyn, Peter P ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Diversity of team members; Group decision support systems; Group heterogeneity; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FEES AND CHARGES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); TEAMWORK; WORKFORCES;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 0346151182     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(03)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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