Productive interrelationships between collaborative groups ease the challenges of dynamic and multi-teaming

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 371-396

  Matthews, Tara ^a   Whittaker, Steve ^b   Moran, Thomas P ^a   Helsley, Sandra Y ^a   Judge, Tejinder K ^c  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Collaboration types; Collaborative work; Interrelations; Multi teaming; Office; Teams; Workplace

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION TYPES; COLLABORATIVE WORK; INTERRELATIONS; MULTI-TEAMING; OFFICE; TEAMS; WORKPLACE;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 84862111218     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-011-9154-y     Document Type: Article

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