Reflected knowledge and trust in global collaboration

Management Science

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2207-2224

  Mortensen, Mark ^a   Neeley, Tsedal B ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Global work; Organizational studies; Trust

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL COMPANIES; DISTRIBUTED COLLABORATION; GLOBAL COLLABORATION; GLOBAL WORK; ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; THROUGH THE LENS; TRUST; TRUST MECHANISM;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84871820100     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1546     Document Type: Article

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