Virtuality and team performance: Understanding the impact of variety of practices

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-23

  Lu, Mei ^a   Watson Manheim, Mary Beth ^b   Chudoba, Katherine M ^c   Wynn, Eleanor ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Team communication; Team performance; Trust; Virtuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016402717     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2006.10856412     Document Type: Article

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