The virtual organisation: A new organisational form?

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-41

  Walker, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New organisational forms; Organisational change; Transformation; Virtual community; Virtual organisation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

NEW ORGANISATIONAL FORMS; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; TRANSFORMATION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; VIRTUAL ORGANISATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33645159035     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2006.008783     Document Type: Article

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