Team structure and team performance in IS development: A social network perspective

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-349

  Yang, Heng Li ^a   Tang, Jih Hsin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Tak Ming Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Information system development; Social network analysis; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION USE; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); TEAMWORK;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0346151194     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(03)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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