Overview
- Interest in Virtual Worlds is huge, this is very topical
- Written by two internationally recognized authorities in the field, with expert contributions
- Very little competing material, presented in a rigorous yet accessible way
Part of the book series: Technology, Work and Globalization (TWG)
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In recent years, there has been much interest in the 'virtual' –teams, organizations and communities –in management research and practice. As technology and social practices change we have more opportunity to experience different forms of virtuality, and in the process our understanding and conception of virtuality changes.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Rethinking virtuality
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Virtuality within organizations
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Front Matter
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Virtuality beyond organizations
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
NIKI PANTELI is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Director for the Centre for Information Management at the University of Bath, UK and the Chair of the IFIP W.G. 9.5 'Virtuality& Society'.
MIKE CHIASSON is currently a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University's Management School, in the Department of Management Science. Before joining Lancaster University, he was an Associate Professor in the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary from 1999 to 2006, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.
MIKE CHIASSON is currently a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University's Management School, in the Department of Management Science. Before joining Lancaster University, he was an Associate Professor in the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary from 1999 to 2006, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exploring Virtuality Within and Beyond Organizations
Book Subtitle: Social, Global and Local Dimensions
Authors: Niki Panteli, Mike Chiasson
Series Title: Technology, Work and Globalization
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593978
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-20128-6Published: 09 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29940-9Published: 09 May 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59397-8Published: 09 May 2008
Series ISSN: 2730-6623
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6631
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 294
Topics: International Business, Management, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, Business Strategy/Leadership, Corporate Communication/Public Relations, International Economics