Temporal coordination through communication: Using genres in a virtual start-up organization

Information Technology and People

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-119

  Im, Hyun Gyung ^a   Yates, Joanne ^b   Orlikowski, Wanda ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Electronic mail; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TELEPHONE SETS;

ORGANIZATION GENRE; TELEPHONE MEETINGS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 20444475785     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840510601496     Document Type: Article

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