A comparison of face-to-face and virtual software development teams

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2002, Pages 39-48

  Andres, Hayward P ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Group dynamics; Interaction; Teams; Videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969525     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590210425077     Document Type: Article

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