I know i can, but can we? Culture and efficacy beliefs in global virtual teams

Small Group Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-155

  Hardin, Andrew M ^a   Fuller, Mark A ^b   Davison, Robert M ^c  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Collectivism; Individualism; Virtual team efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846628975     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496406297041     Document Type: Article

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