Exploring the impact of team mental models on information utilization and project performance in system development

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Hsu, Jack S C ^a   Chang, Jamie Y T ^b   Klein, Gary ^c   Jiang, James J ^d  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information technology projects; Information utilization; Managing teams; Team building; Teamwork mental models

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS; INFORMATION UTILIZATION; MANAGING TEAMS; MENTAL MODEL; TEAM BUILDING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78049260018     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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