Cultural impact on intergroup coordination in software development in China: A qualitative analysis

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yuan, Minghui ^a   Vogel, Doug ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE CULTURE; CULTURAL IMPACTS; INTERGROUP COORDINATION; SUCCESS FACTORS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33749627724     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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