Making virtual teams more effective: Improving relational links

Team Performance Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 200-213

  Beranek, Peggy M ^a   Martz, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Team working; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744435207     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590510617774     Document Type: Article

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