Virtual teams: What do we know and where do we go from here?

Journal of Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 805-835

  Martins, Luis L ^a   Gilson, Lucy L ^b   Maynard, M Travis ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 11144346216     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jm.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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