My Team Members Are Everywhere! A Critical Analysis of the Emerging Literature on Dispersed Teams

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 486-493

  Allen, Sharlene A ^a   Ofahengaue Vakalahi, Halaevalu F ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

administration; dispersed teams; dispersed work; social service organizations; transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887859837     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03643107.2013.828002     Document Type: Article

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