We are developing an Internet platform called MediaTeam that provides a marketplace connecting media content consumers to communities of media content creators. The platform is enabled by our method for automated assembly of virtual project teams. Media creators use the automated team assembler to quickly identify and team with collaborators. The team assembly platform factors in how the skills...

The virtual team is an increasingly common strategic work unit of many organizations. The virtual team, via various computer-based media (e.g. email, groupware) and noncomputer-based media (e.g. telephone), can interact and collaborate though separated by distance and time. One approach to their study is determining whether factors that drive conventional team performance also exist in the virt...

The virtual team is an increasingly common strategic work unit of many organizations. The virtual team, via various computer-based media (e.g., email, groupware) and noncomputer-based media (e.g., telephone), can interact and collaborate though separated by distance and time. One approach to their study is determining whether factors that drive conventional team performance also exist in the vi...

With the rapid development and extensive application of information technologies, use of virtual teams to encourage collaboration with students from other campuses is receiving increasing attention from educators. Prior research has demonstrated that it is difficult for the virtual team to achieve the same performance as the traditional face-to-face team. We wanted to study whether the use of a...

This paper explores potential advantages and barriers of virtual teams toward making an interrelation between small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) with a comprehensive review on different aspects of virtual teams in SMEs based on authentic and reputed publications. The purpose of the state-of-the-art literature review is to provide an overview of what is known about the structure and dynamics of...

The virtuality of organizational teams have gained interest and popularity in recent years, become more prevalent amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizational productivity team relationship-building may suffer certain pitfalls virtual communication support without understanding dynamics short-term, project-based teams. manuscript aimed to expand what is currently known about short-term related ...

The trend toward physically dispersed work groups has necessitated a fresh inquiry into the role and nature of team leadership in virtual settings. To accomplish this, we assembled thirteen culturally diverse global teams from locations in Europe, Mexico, and the United States, assigning each team a project leader and task to complete. The findings suggest that effective team leaders demonstrat...