Exploring communication-based work processes in virtual work environments

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 3604-3613

  Watson Manheim, M B ^a   Belanger, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial satellites; Communications technology; Environmental management; Information technology; Professional communication; Programming; Seminars; Teleworking

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SATELLITES; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMMUNICATION MODE; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; DISTRIBUTED WORK; ELECTRONIC MEDIA; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION; TELEWORKING; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 79957372825     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2002.994459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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