Does virtual team composition matter? Trait and problem-solving configuration effects on team performance

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-375

  Turel, Ofir ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

median (quantile) regression; online collaboration; person team fit; problem solving; team configuration; virtual teams

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CONFIGURATION MODEL; MAIN EFFECT; ONLINE COLLABORATION; PROBLEM SOLVING TEAMS; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; TEAM PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL TEAM;

MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 77953706909     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449291003752922     Document Type: Article

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