Virtual teams: Understanding the impact of fear

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 511-526

  Casey, Valentine ^a   Richardson, Ita ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fear; Global software development; Project management; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CASE STUDIES; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; FEAR; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; IRELAND; MALAYSIA; SOFTWARE INDUSTRIES; TEAM MEMBERS; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 56749160455     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.404     Document Type: Article

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