The need for trust relationships to enable successful virtual team collaboration in software outsourcing

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-75

  Siakas, Kerstin V ^a   Siakas, Errikos ^a  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Culture; Global collaboration; National culture; Organisational culture; Outsourcing; Trust; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL COLLABORATION; NATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 38049039998     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2008.016181     Document Type: Article

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