In search of trust for newly formed virtual disaster recovery teams

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-400

  Altschuller, Shoshana ^a   Benbunan Fich, Raquel ^b,c  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc virtual teams; Disaster recovery; Emergency response; Impression formation; Self awareness; Self disclosure; Social presence; Trust

Indexed keywords

RECOVERY;

DISASTER RECOVERY; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; IMPRESSION FORMATION; SELF AWARENESS; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PRESENCE; TRUST; VIRTUAL TEAM;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 51149123016     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: 17415292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2008.020165     Document Type: Article

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