In strangers we trust? Findings of an empirical study of distributed teams

Proceedings - 2009 4th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 121-130

  Al Ani, Ban ^a   Redmiles, David ^a  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INNOVATIVE PRODUCT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEAM LEADERS; TEAM MEMBERS; TIME ZONES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 70350607911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2009.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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