Collaborative distance: A Framework for Distance factors affecting the performance of distributed collaboration

International Journal of e-Collaboration

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-32

  Pallot, Marc ^a   Martinez Carreras, Maria Antonia ^b   Prinz, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collaborative distance (CD); Collaborative Distance Framework (CDF); Collaborative working environments (CWE); Computer support for cooperative work (CSCW); Distributed knowledge management (DKM); Ecollaboration; Inter organizational collaboration (IOC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954135919     PISSN: 15483673     EISSN: 15483681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jec.2010040101     Document Type: Article

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