The bright side of virtual collaboration: How teams can profit from dispersion

Academy of Management 2008 Annual Meeting: The Questions We Ask, AOM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Siebdrat, Frank ^a   Hoegl, Martin ^a   Ernst, Holger ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dispersed teams; Team effectiveness; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DISPERSIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

DEGREES OF DISPERSIONS; DISPERSED TEAMS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; LEVELS OF COLLABORATIONS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; TEAM EFFECTIVENESS; TEAMWORK; VIRTUAL COLLABORATION;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85088181251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2008.33627369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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