Conflict and performance in global virtual teams

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-274

  Kankanhalli, Atreyi ^a   Tan, Bernard C Y ^a   Kwok Kee, W E I ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Conflict resolution; Conflict types; Diversity; Global virtual teams; Task characteristics; Team conflict; Team performance

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; CONFLICT RESOLUTION; CONFLICT TYPES; GLOBAL VIRTUAL TEAMS (GVT); TASK CHARACTERISTICS; TEAM CONFLICT; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 34249033341     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230309     Document Type: Article

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