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Reviewing the impact of virtual teams in the information age
journal contribution
posted on 2006-05-22, 15:03 authored by Catherine Gillam, Charles OppenheimThis paper provides an overview of virtual teams in the information age, focussing on the definition of virtual teams, their salient characteristics, the communication issues they face, (including information overload, geographic and social distance), the technical issues involved (linking this to theories of media use), the issues raised by cultural diversity in the teams (including identity, trust and conflict) and managerial implications. Suggestions are made on how to address the issues raised and omissions from pervious research are highlighted.
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School
- Science
Department
- Information Science
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GILLAM and OPPENHEIM, 2006. Reviewing the impact of virtual teams in the information age. Journal of Information Science, 32 (2), pp. 160-175Publisher
Sage / © Professor OppenheimPublication date
2006Notes
This article was published in the journal, Journal of Information Science [© Sage].ISSN
0165-5515Language
- en