Vlrtualness and knowledge in teams: Managing the love triangle of organizations, individuals, and information technology

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-288

  Griffith, Terri L ^a   Sawyer, John E ^b   Neale, Margaret A ^c  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed work arrangements; Group dynamics; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge utilization; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GROUP DYNAMICS; KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342537408     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30036531     Document Type: Article

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