The role of culture and personality in the leadership process in virtual teams

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 932-952

  Gallenkamp, Julia V ^a   Welpe, Isabell M ^b   Riedl, Bettina C ^a   Picot, Arnold ^a   Wigand, Rolf T ^c   Korsgaard, M Audrey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Collectivism; Inspirational leadership; Personality; Team performance; Trust in leadership; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COHESION; COLLECTIVISM; INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP; PERSONALITY; TEAM PERFORMANCE; TRUST IN LEADERSHIP; VIRTUAL TEAM;

ADHESION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84884617146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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