Working Together Apart? Building a Knowledge-Sharing Culture for Global Virtual Teams

Creativity and Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-29

  Zakaria, Norhayati ^a,b   Amelinckx, Andrea ^c   Wilemon, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

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EID: 84892327829     PISSN: 09631690     EISSN: 14678691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2004.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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