Train to work effectively in virtual environments: A framework of virtual team competency

Association for Information Systems - 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2007: Reaching New Heights

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 328-338

  Chen, Fang ^a   Sager, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed project; Distributed teams; Virtual project; Virtual team competency; Virtual team training; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; TEAM MEMBERS; VIRTUAL PROJECTS; VIRTUAL TEAM; VIRTUAL TEAMWORK;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870156358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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