A field study of the effect of interpersonal trust on virtual collaborative relationship performance

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-228

  Paul, David L ^a   McDaniel Jr , Reuben R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Interpersonal trust; Telemedicine; Virtual teams

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

COLLABORATION; INTERSONAL TRUST; VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP (VCR); VIRTUAL TEAMS;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 9744260313     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148633     Document Type: Article

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