The role of social capital in virtual teams and organisations: Corporate value creation

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-119

  Striukova, Ludmila ^a,c   Rayna, Thierry ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social capital; Trust; Value creation; Virtual organisation; Virtual team

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOCIAL CAPITAL; VALUE CREATION; VIRTUAL TEAM;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 37849021556     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2008.016005     Document Type: Article

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