Virtual teams are groups of geographically and/or organizationally dispersed coworkers who collaborate primarily through some combination of communication and information technologies. The extant literature shows that virtual teams are more effective on divergent tasks than face-to-face teams but less effective on convergent tasks. The aim of this chapter is to generate a series of theoretical propositions that explain why virtual teams are less effective at convergent tasks than face-to-face ones and to suggest interventions to support virtual teams.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The internet and workplace transformation |
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| Editors | M. Anandajaran, T. Thompson, C. Simmers |
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| Place of Publication | Armonk |
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| Publisher | M.E. Sharpe |
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| Pages | 151-161 |
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| Number of pages | 294 |
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| ISBN (Print) | 978-0765614452 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
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| Name | Advances in management information systems |
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| Volume | 7 |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1554-6152 |
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