Virtual teams in and out of synchronicity

Information Technology and People

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-344

  DeLuca, Dorrie ^a   Valacich, Joseph S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Business improvement; Information exchange; Information systems; Task analysis; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751398768     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840610718027     Document Type: Article

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