Virtual team represents an organizational form which can revolutionize the workplace and provide organizations with unprecedented levels of flexibility and responsiveness. Since nineties, virtual teams have been subjected to exhaustive research, mostly focused on the causal relationship between single or multiple constructs and the success variables of virtual teams, such as performance and sat...

This chapter attempts to address the need for more research on virtual team effectiveness and outlines an ecological theoretical framework that is applicable to virtual learning environments (VLE). Prior empirical studies on virtual team effectiveness used frameworks of traditional team effectiveness and mainly followed Hackman's normative model (input-process-output). We propose an ecological ...

Multiple-team membership (MTM), defined as simultaneous involvement in multiple teams, is becoming prevalent in organizational practice and may escalate two tensions that are crucial to team performance. However, only a handful studies directly address the effect of MTM and fewer concerned the virtual context. Theories on MTM proposed that its effects would occur and countervail through various...

We investigated coordination and communication processes in global virtual software development teams in three Indian multinational technology firms. While some of the teams in our study experienced many of the same things observed in prior research, some operated in strikingly different ways, so different, in fact, that they led us to propose a new type of organization for global virtual teams...

Teams of agents can be made more effective by the introduction of team assistants to accomplish specific tasks. Team assistants may be real or virtual and may be first class team members or only team adjuncts. For example, a team assistant may be created as a virtual, first class team member to serve as team manager to coordinate the actions of team members. The need for a team assistant might ...

In the competitive ma rke t , virtual teams represent a growing response to the need for fas ting time-to-ma rket, low-cos t and rapid solutions to complex organizational problems. Virtual teams enable organizations to pool the talents and expertise of employees and non-employees by eliminating time and space barriers . Nowadays companies are heavily inves tin g in v irt u a l team to enhance t...

Virtual teams are becoming an important aspect of organisational life in many industries. In software development, virtual teams can be particularly useful as team members with the right skill set can generate code for a project no matter where they are in the world. However, this virtual setting often has limitations in terms of communication abilities, conflict, trust and performance. To impr...

The importance of virtual team (VT) identification for the success of theteam is widely recognized in literature. However, the antecedents of identifi-cation in virtual teams have remained understudied thus far. This study aimsat filling this gap by examining how identification with VTs is related to struc-tural factors such as the degree of virtuality, team size, cultural d...

The aim of this exploratory study was to develop a blended learning approach to fostering the skills and competencies required by leaders and members of international virtual teams. Three levels of analysis were brought to bear in designing the proposed intervention format: first, the factors likely to influence the effectiveness of a virtual team; second, the needs and challenges related to th...

Virtual teams enabled by information and communications technologies (ICT) are increasingly being adopted not only by for-profit organizations but also by education institutions as well. This study investigates what contribute to the success of virtual learning teams in a higher-education institution. Specifically, we examine the issue of leadership in virtual learning teams. The study first re...