The dimensions and antecedents of team virtuality

Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 700-718

  Kirkman, Bradley L ^a   Mathieu, John E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Teams; Technology; Virtual; Virtuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444538586     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206305279113     Document Type: Article

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