How virtual are we? Measuring virtuality and understanding its impact in a global organization

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-306

  Chudoba, Katherine M ^a   Wynn, Eleanor ^b   Lu, Mei ^b,d   Watson Manheim, Mary B ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Intel Corporation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Discontinuities; Distributed teams; Intel Corporation; Virtual teaming; Virtuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644448109     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2005.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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