Studying Virtual Teams during Organizational Crisis from a Sociomaterial Perspective
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چکیده
In this paper, we propose sociomaterialism as a theoretical lens for studying virtual team management during organizational crisis. In applying this lens, we propose the use of pattern theory as the method of choice for documenting effective practices for managing virtual teams in organizational crisis settings.
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