A meta-analytic investigation of virtuality and information sharing in teams

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-225

  Mesmer Magnus, Jessica R ^a   DeChurch, Leslie A ^b   Jimenez Rodriguez, Miliani ^b   Wildman, Jessica ^b   Shuffler, Marissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group; Information sharing; Team; Virtual; Virtuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956267854     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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