Virtual Team Effectiveness: An Empirical Study Using SEM
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چکیده
Advancesincommunicationandinformationtechnologycreatenewopportunitiesfororganizations to build andmanagevirtual teams.Virtual teamshavebecome a norm for organizationswhose memberswork across disparate geographical locations, relying primarily or exclusively, on the usageofInformationandCommunicationsTechnology(ICT)forthecompletionofcommongoals. Inmanycountriesacross theworld, the internethashelped inshrinkingbarriersbetween teams locatedacrossdiverselocations,andthishasbeenpossiblebecauseofwhatistermedas‘virtual teams’-teamswhichareconnectedwitheachotherincyberspace.Thispaperattemptstoexplainthe roleofvitalelementsliketrust,informationsharingandcommunication,inbuildingvirtualteams. Thisstudystrivestowardsdevelopingasetoffactorsthatcanbeusedbymanagersofvirtualteams for establishing an efficacious relationship amongst themembers.The researchmethodologyof StructuralEquationModellingisusedforthepurpose. KEywoRdS AMOS, Communication, Information Sharing, Information Technology, Team Effectiveness, Trust, Virtual Teams
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عنوان ژورنال:
- IJVPLE
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016