Team adaptation to electronic communication media: Evidence of compensatory adaptation in new product development teams

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-341

  Kock, Ned ^a   Lynn, Gary S ^b   Dow, Kevin E ^c   Akgün, Ali E ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collaborative technologies; Computer mediated communication; Electronic communication; Knowledge sharing; New product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746597464     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000612     Document Type: Article

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