Cultural influences and globally distributed information systems development: Experiences from Chinese IT professionals

Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages 36-45

  Huang, Haiyan ^a   Trauth, Eileen M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural communication; Cross cultural management; Global information systems development; Global virtual teams; Offshore outsourcing

Indexed keywords

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS; CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL VIRTUAL TEAMS; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OUTSOURCING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34248157092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1235000.1235008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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