Effectiveness of meeting outcomes in virtual vs. Face-to-Face teams: A comparison study in China

Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1505-1516

  Guo, Zixiu ^a   D'Ambra, John ^a   Turner, Tim ^a   Zhang, Huiying ^b   Zhang, Tong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Face to face interaction; Team outcomes; Videoconferencing; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON STUDY; CULTURAL CONTEXT; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION; FACE-TO-FACE TEAMS; PROJECT SUCCESS; TEAM BUILDING; TEAM OUTCOMES; VIRTUAL TEAM;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870198981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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