Virtual teams: A literature review

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 2653-2669

  Ebrahim, Nader Ale ^a   Ahmed, Shamsuddin ^a   Taha, Zahari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Effective virtual team; Literature review; Virtual team

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952305856     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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