A dialogue technique to enhance electronic communication in virtual teams
IEEE Transactions on Professional CommunicationPublished 1 June 2000Open access
Bernard C. Y. Tan, Kwok‐Kee Wei, Weiwei Huang, Guet‐Ngoh Ng
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Results from an experiment showed that virtual teams which used a dialogue technique that facilitates building of shared understanding had better relational development and decision outcome than those which did not and these differences remained over time.
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