A Work Roles and Leadership Functions of Managers in Virtual Teams

International Journal of e-Collaboration (IJeC)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 16-35

  Konradt, Udo ^a   Hoch, Julia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavioral repertoire; leadership; leadership functions; role set; roles; virtual team

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001754543     PISSN: 15483673     EISSN: 15483681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jec.2007040102     Document Type: Article

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