Team leaders' technology choice in virtual teams

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-68

  Sivunen, Anu ^a   Valo, Maarit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business communication; Call conference; Communication technology; Computer mediated communication; Discussion forum; Groupware; Instant messaging; Media choice; Organizational communication; Team leader; Teamwork; Videoconference; Virtual team

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; GROUPWARE; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION; CALL CONFERENCE; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISCUSSION FORUM; INSTANT MESSAGING; MEDIA CHOICE; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL TEAM;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33644648475     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2006.870458     Document Type: Article

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