Trust and surprise in distributed teams: Towards an understanding of expectations and adaptations

ICIC 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 97-106

  Al Ani, Ban ^a   Trainer, Erik ^a   Redmiles, David ^a   Simmons, Erik ^b  

^a 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Attributions; Culture; Distributed teams; Trust

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE;

ADAPTATIONS; ATTRIBUTIONS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; DISTRIBUTED TEAMS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION; TRUST;

MACHINERY;

EID: 85014763905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2160881.2160897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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