Team effectiveness in virtual environments: An ecological approach

Teaching and Learning with Virtual Teams

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 83-108

  Shachaf, Pnina ^a   Hara, Noriko ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84899317856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-708-9.ch004     Document Type: Chapter

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