Building trust and cooperation through technology adaptation in virtual teams: Empirical field evidence

Information Systems Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-56

  Thomas, Dominic ^a   Bostrom, Robert ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collaboration technology; Electronic collaboration; Information systems development; Information technology; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY; ELECTRONIC COLLABORATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL TEAM;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38949127658     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530701777149     Document Type: Article

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