Out of sight but not out of mind? Informal networks, communication and media use in global software teams

Proceedings of the 2007 Conference of the Center for Advanced Studies on Collaborative Research, CASCON '07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 86-97

  Chang, Klarissa T ^a   Ehrlich, Kate ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; DISTRIBUTED WORK; GLOBAL SOFTWARE TEAMS; INFORMAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PERSONAL NETWORKS; SELF ORGANIZING; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SUB-GROUPS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST REDUCTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77953561758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1321211.1321221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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