Learning to work in partially distributed teams: An analysis of emergent communication structures and technology appropriation

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ocker, Rosalie J ^a   Webb, Heidi C ^a   Hiltz, S Roxanne ^b   Brown, Ian D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSS DISTANCE; ADAPTIVENESS; CO-LOCATED; COMMUNICATION STRUCTURES; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; FIELD STUDIES; HUB-AND-SPOKE; IT PROJECT; LEARNING OUTCOME; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBTEAMS; THROUGH THE LENS; VIRTUAL TEAM;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77951705973     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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