Research article electronic media variety and virtual team performance: The mediating role of task complexity coping mechanisms

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-344

  Kock, Ned ^a   Lynn, Gary S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic communication; media variety; new product development; partial least squares (PLS); structural equation modeling; task complexity; team performance

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION REACTIONS; EFFICIENCY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; MEDIA VARIETY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TASK COMPLEXITY; TEAM PERFORMANCE;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84870528778     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2012.2208393     Document Type: Review

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