Adaptations that Virtual Teams Make so that Complex Tasks Can Be Performed Using Simple E-Collaboration Technologies

International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 65-91

  Deluca, Dorrie ^a   Gasson, Susan ^b   Kock, Ned ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; asynchronous electronic communication media; compensatory adaptation theory; e collaboration; process improvement; qualitative methods; virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001728421     PISSN: 15483673     EISSN: 15483681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jec.2006070104     Document Type: Article

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