Teams in Teleland: Working effectively in geographically dispersed teams in the Asia Pacific

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2002, Pages 122-133

  Fontaine, Gary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Fielding Graduate Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Communication; National cultures; Team building; Teleworking; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030431     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590210442249     Document Type: Article

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