Locus of control and attitudes to working in virtual teams

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-243

  Lee Kelley, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed team; Distributed working; Job satisfaction; Locus of control; Role conflict; Virtual team

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; JOB SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

DISTRIBUTED TEAM; DISTRIBUTED WORKING; LOCUS OF CONTROL; ROLE CONFLICT; VIRTUAL TEAM;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645552476     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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