The virtual environment: The "how-to" of studying collaboration and performance of geographically dispersed teams

Proceedings of the Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, WETICE

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-141

  Peters, L M L ^a  

^a University of Massachusettes   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer mediated communication; Context; Information technology; Instruments; Internet; Technological innovation; Virtual groups

Indexed keywords

GROUPWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTS; INTERNET; VIDEO CONFERENCING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARES; COLLABORATIVE WORK; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTEXT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; VIRTUAL GROUP;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 24944548867     PISSN: 15244547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ENABL.2003.1231397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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