Coordination and virtualization: The role of electronic networks and personal relationships

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Kraut, Robert ^a,e   Steinfield, Charles ^b   Chan, Alice ^c   Butler, Brian ^b,f   Hoag, Anne ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COSTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTSOURCING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ELECTRONIC NETWORKS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; VIRTUALIZATION;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 3242761925     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1998.tb00084.x     Document Type: Review

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