Antecedents to team member commitment from near and far: A comparison between collocated and virtual teams

Information Technology & People

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-322

  Powell, Anne ^a   Galvin, John ^b   Piccoli, Gabriele ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Employee productivity; Job satisfaction; Team performance; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751440397     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840610718018     Document Type: Article

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