Collaborating with 'virtual strangers': Towards developing a framework for leadership in distributed teams

Leadership

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-249

  Al Ani, Ban ^a   Horspool, Agnes ^b   Bligh, Michelle C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed teams; leadership; technology; trust; virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051928016     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715011407382     Document Type: Article

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