Virtual collaboration in knowledge work: From vision to reality

Team Performance Management

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 366-381

  Pyöriä, Pasi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Information society; Knowledge management; Teleworking; Virtual work

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749106831     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590911002140     Document Type: Article

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