Before, during, and after face-to-face meetings: The lifecycle of social ties in globally distributed teams

Association for Information Systems - 26th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2005: Forever New Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 395-407

  Oshri, Ilan ^a   Kotlarsky, Julia ^b   Willcocks, Leslie ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face to face meetings; Globally distributed teams; Interpersonal ties

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS; INTERPERSONAL TIES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; SOCIAL TIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84869775059     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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