Social interactions of information systems development teams: A performance perspective

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-107

  Sawyer, Steve ^a   Guinan, Patricia J ^b   Cooprider, Jay ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaryspanning; Cluster analysis; Information systems development; Performance; Social informatics; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749092851     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00311.x     Document Type: Review

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