Personality and cognitive style as predictors of preference for working in virtual teams

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1825-1832

  Luse, Andy ^a   McElroy, James C ^b   Townsend, Anthony M ^b   Demarie, Samuel ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five; Cognitive style; MBTI; Personality; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

BIG FIVE; COGNITIVE STYLES; MBTI; PERSONALITY; VIRTUAL TEAM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84875840473     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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