Where Global and Virtual Meet: The Value of Examining the Intersection of These Elements in Twenty-First-Century Teams

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-244

  Gibson, Cristina B ^a   Huang, Laura ^b   Kirkman, Bradley L ^c   Shapiro, Debra L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cultural diversity; Electronic communication; Global virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989359588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091240     Document Type: Review

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