Influence and political processes in cyberspace: The case of global virtual teams

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 295-317

  Elron, Efrat ^a   Vigoda Gadot, Eran ^b  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Global virtual teams; Influence tactics; Organizational culture; Organizational politics; Team effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349102190     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595806070636     Document Type: Article

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