Distributed coordination space: Toward a theory of distributed team process and performance

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 340-364

  Fiore, Stephen M ^a   Salas, Eduardo ^a   Cuevas, Haydee M ^a   Bowers, Clint A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative work; Coordination; Coordination decrement; Distributed teams; Shared mental models; Team opacity; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008758933     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922021000049971     Document Type: Article

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