A social interaction approach to managing the "invisibles" of virtual teams

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 650-657

  Lee Kelley, Liz ^a   Crossman, Alf ^a   Cannings, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Woodacre Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social interaction; Team working; Virtual organisations

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEAM WORKING; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 9144265607     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570410561636     Document Type: Article

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