Globally Distributed Teams: The Effect of Diversity on Trust, Cohesion and Individual Performance

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Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 27-48

  Garrison, Gary ^a   Wakefield, Robin L ^b   Xu, Xiaobo ^c   Kim, Sang Hyun ^d  

^a BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Diversity; Globally distributed teams; Performance; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860447050     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1851175.1851178     Document Type: Article

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