Role of familiarity in affecting knowledge gaps in geographically dispersed work

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-332

  Assudani, Rashmi H ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; dispersed teams; extent of dispersion; knowledge gaps; task familiarity; team familiarity

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; DISPERSED TEAMS; EXTENT OF DISPERSION; KEY FACTORS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; PROPERTY; TASK FAMILIARITY; TEAM COLLABORATION; TEAM FAMILIARITY; TEAM MEMBERS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 80052080868     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2011.2161805     Document Type: Article

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