Swift trust in global virtual teams: Trusting beliefs and normative actions

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-56

  Brad Crisp, C ^a   Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L ^b  

^a ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Normative actions; Swift trust; Team performance; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876954745     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: 21905150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000075     Document Type: Article

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