The joint relationships of communication behaviors and task interdependence on trust building and change in virtual project teams

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Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-255

  Rico, Ramón ^a   Alcover, Carlos María ^b   Sánchez Manzanares, Miriam ^a   Gil, Francisco ^c  

^a Paseo de los Artilleros ^*  (Spain)

^b Paseo de los Artilleros   (Spain)

^c Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication behaviors; Task interdependence; Trust; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949093023     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018409102410     Document Type: Article

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