Global virtual teams: What impacts their design and performance?

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2002, Pages 102-112

  Prasad, Krishna ^a   Akhilesh, K B ^b  

^a DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Globalization; Strategic management; Teams; Teamwork; Virtual organizations; Work design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102489     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590210442212     Document Type: Article

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