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What is Virtual Teams (VTs)

Chapter 13
Handbook of Research on Human Factors in Contemporary Workforce Development
Teams whose members are dispersed (not necessarily global) and who communicate via technology to accomplish an organizational task.
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Understanding Diversity in Virtual Work Environments: A Comparative Case Study
Marta Alicja Tomasiak (University of Sussex, UK) and Petros Chamakiotis (University of Sussex, UK)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2568-4.ch013
Abstract
This chapter presents a comparative case study which was conducted with the aim of understanding how diversity can be managed in the context of the virtual work environment. The authors argue that the unique characteristics of virtuality might influence how diversity is managed in the virtual, computer-mediated environment. In view of this, a comparative case study involving qualitative interviews with participants from two contrasting environments—a face-to-face one and a virtual one—is presented. The findings of the study show what types of diversity are found to be important in the virtual workplace and also start to unpack the relationship between some of the unique characteristics of virtuality and diversity within the context of this study. The contributions of the study are discussed and recommendations to both future researchers and also practitioners are provided.
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Chapter 123
Meta-Analysis Research on Virtual Team Performance
A team with a small group of people who work through computer communication technology for a specific purpose, normally without face-to-face meetings
Published in Chapter: Meta-Analysis Research on Virtual Team Performance; From: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
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Reimagine Your Classroom: Preparing for the Global, Digital Workplace in a Virtual Teamwork Course
Teams with memberships collaborating from many different locations (distributed memberships) by means of technology in place of actual shared offices or conference rooms. Virtual teams have become a common place practice for organizations to leverage the intellectual capital from dispersed locations around the same cause. Today, virtual team members interact with one another across geographic, organizational, and other boundaries, using team collaboration platforms and digital communications. A virtual team whose members are distributed around the world is called Global Virtual Team (GVT) in the disciplinary research.
Published in Chapter: Reimagine Your Classroom: Preparing for the Global, Digital Workplace in a Virtual Teamwork Course; From: Developments in Virtual Learning Environments and the Global Workplace
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