Spontaneous virtual teams: Improving organizational performance through information and communication technology

Business Horizons

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-375

  Tong, Yu ^a   Yang, Xue ^b   Teo, Hock Hai ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Case analysis; Challenges and solutions; Information and communication technologies; Spontaneous virtual team; SVT; Team lifecycle; Team structure; Work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876791911     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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