Cultural differences in the perception of critical interaction behaviors in global virtual teams

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-452

  Dekker, Daphne M ^a   Rutte, Christel G ^b   Van den Berg, Peter T ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Global virtual teams; Interaction behavior; National culture; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249107268     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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