Vital signs for virtual teams: An empirically developed trigger model for technology adaptation interventions

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-142

  Thomas, Dominic M ^a   Bostrom, Robert P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical incident technique; Empirical research; IS development teams; Leadership; Project management; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

JOB ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL INCIDENT TECHNIQUE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; IS DEVELOPMENT; LEADERSHIP; VIRTUAL TEAM;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77649132052     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20721417     Document Type: Article

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