Diverse virtual social networks: Implications for remote software testing teams

Proceedings of the European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems: Global Information Systems Challenges in Management, EMCIS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khan, Tariq M ^a   Pezeshki, Vahid ^a   Clear, Fintan ^a   Al Kaabi, Ahmed ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Diversity; Offshore; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY FACTORS; FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATIONS; GROUP MEMBERS; OFFSHORE; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE; SOCIAL NETWORKS; VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL NETWORKS; WORKING RELATIONSHIPS;

CELL CULTURE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857561841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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