Trust and the unintended effects of behavior control in virtual teams

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 365-395

  Piccoli, Gabriele ^a   Ives, Blake ^b  

^a 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior control; Control theory; Psychological contract; Teamwork; Trust; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CONTROL THEORY; DEMODULATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT; TEAMWORK; TRUST; VIRTUAL TEAMS;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 9144274460     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30036538     Document Type: Article

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