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Principles for effective virtual teamwork

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Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr.,

Bruce A. Reinig,

Robert O. BriggsAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 52, Issue 4

Pages 113 - 117

https://doi.org/10.1145/1498765.1498797

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Principles for effective virtual teamwork
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems

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A Direct Path to Dependable Software

April 2009

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