Making organisations virtual: The hidden cost of distributed teams

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-202

  Breu, Karin ^a   Hemingway, Christopher J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary theory; ICT; Knowledge sharing; Temporary teams; Virtual teams; Virtualisation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BOUNDARY THEORY; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; TEMPORARY TEAMS; VIRTUAL TEAMS; VIRTUALIZATION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 7444265967     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jit.2000018     Document Type: Article

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