Surviving the paradoxes of virtual teamwork

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-30

  Dubé, Line ^a   Robey, Daniel ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed teams; Paradox; Trust; Virtual teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349118105     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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