Login/Create Account
Language:
English
US
China
Cart
0
All Products
All Products
Books
Journals
Videos
Book Chapters
Journal Articles
Video Lessons
Teaching Cases
Special Offers
All IGI Global Scholarly Journals Shift to Open Access
Following the first conversion of a portion of IGI Global’s hybrid open access/subscription-based journals to gold open access (OA) in 2021, and then again in 2022, IGI Global is pleased to announce that the remainder of their hybrid open access/subscription-based journal collection will officially convert to gold OA beginning January 1st, 2023.
Learn More
IGI Global’s New Emerging Topic e-Book Collections
Acquire highly focused and affordable Cutting-Edge Peer-Reviewed Research Content through a selection of 17 topic-focused e-Book Collections discounted up to 90%, compared to list prices. Collection topics include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Artificial Intelligence, Language Learning, Marketing and Customer Relations, Religious and Indigenous Studies, and more. Hosted on the InfoSci
®
platform, these collections feature no DRM, no additional cost for multi-user licensing, no embargo of content, full-text PDF & HTML format, and more.
Learn More
Open Access Book (Free Access) - New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, and DIY (ISBN: 9781668438091)
The Walmart Corporation and the Lumina Foundation have provided funding to make the publication, New Models of Higher Education: Unbundled, Rebundled, Customized, and DIY (ISBN: 9781668438091), Fully Open Access, completely removing any paywall between researchers in education and the new models for the future of higher education.
Learn More
Open Access Book (Free Access) - Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications (ISBN: 9781799898054)
Through a Collaboration between IGI Global and the University of North Texas, the Handbook of Research on the Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications (ISBN: 9781799898054) has been published as Fully Open Access, completely removing any paywall between researchers of any field, and the latest research on the equitable and inclusive nature of Open Access and all of its complications.
Learn More
Books
Books
Open Access Books
OnDemand Book Chapters
Journals
Journals
Open Access Journals
OnDemand Journal Articles
e-Collections
Open Access
Open Access Publishing
Open Access Journals
Open Access Books
Retrospective Open Access
Open Access Agreements & Transformative Options
Publish
with Us
Resources
Librarians
e-Collections
Book Title List
Journal Title List
Video Title List
Library Collection Development Service
Browse Forthcoming Books
Consortia Partnerships
Library and Publisher Collaborations
Product Distributors
Catalogs
Open Access Initiative
Instructors
Course Adoption
Teaching Cases
K-12 Online Learning Collection
Researchers
Browse Books
Browse Journals
Browse Forthcoming Books
Search Open Access Content
OnDemand Downloads
Webinars
Authors and Editors
eEditorial Discovery
®
System
Peer Review Process
Ethics and Malpractice
COPE Membership
Fair Use Policy
Open Access Publishing
FAQ
Distributors
Distributor Resources
Book Distributors
Journal Subscription Agencies
E-Resource Partners
Browse Forthcoming Books
Catalogs
About Us
Newsroom
What is Virtual Teams
1.
Groups of individuals working in a professional or academic setting set out to achieve comma goals or completion of a project. Communicating is not face-to-face but occurs via electronic format.
Learn more in: Leading Across Generations: Issues for Higher Education Administrators
2.
Virtual teams
predominantly make use of digital technologies for the purposes of communication. Usually the members of
virtual teams
are separated geographically but
teams
in which members are co-located may be also be considered to have a
virtual
dimension since they also increasingly rely on digital communications technologies. The defining characteristic of
virtual teams
is decrease in physical face-to-face interaction in favor of communications technologies.
Learn more in: Leadership Learning through Virtual Play
3.
Teams
of people that use electronic communications media for all or most of their communication regarding a common task.
Learn more in: Situational Synchronicity for Decision Support
4.
Teams
of workers consisting of members in remote locations who work together primarily through computer-mediated communication ( Robey et al., 2000 , p. 51).
Learn more in: An International Virtual Office Communication Plan
5.
Team members that are geographically dispersed who collaborate
virtual
ly with each other for a common goal.
Learn more in: The Pedagogical Considerations in the Design of Virtual Worlds for Organization Learning
6.
Collaboration amongst
virtual
employees that use various forms of technology to communicate and share knowledge to complete a task in a timely manner.
Learn more in: Technological Tools to Enhance Workplace Learning among Virtual Team Members
7.
Defined as groups that have “gone digital” in order to function as a team.
Learn more in: E-HRM as a Reality in Virtual World
8.
A group of two or more people who work for a common goal in different geographic locations and sometimes even organizations and time zones through the use of electronic communication.
Learn more in: Concept Maps as a Tool for Promoting Online Collaborative Learning in Virtual Teams with Pre-Service Teachers
9.
Distanced form of teaming, commonly occurring by use of web-based platforms.
Learn more in: Minding the Competency Gap From College to Career: The Value of Virtual Teaming and VLEs for Skill Development
10.
Members who share a common purpose or end goal while working inter-dependently and separated by distance, time, culture, and organizational boundaries.
Learn more in: Use of Technology With Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education
11.
Groups of individuals working in a professional or academic setting set out to achieve comma goals or completion of a project. Communicating is not face-to-face but occurs via electronic format.
Learn more in: Communicating across the Generations: Implications for Higher Education Leadership
12.
are
teams
of individuals who have a moderate level of physical proximity and are culturally similar, e.g. team members who are in the same building but on different floors.
Learn more in: Communication in Construction Design Teams: Moving into the Virtual World
13.
These are
teams
that are geographically distributed and communicate via computer-mediated communication systems (CMCS), and many times never or rarely meet face-to-face.
Learn more in: Training Techniques for Developing Trust in Virtual Teams
14.
Virtual teams
are groups of individuals collaborating in the execution of a specific project while geographically and often even temporally distributed. Working across these boundaries of time and space requires
virtual teams
to utilize modern computer-driven technologies.
Learn more in: Orchestrating the Multi-Channel Character of Formal and Informal Communication in "Virtual Teams"
15.
Virtual
project
teams
, by definition, are groups of people working together toward a common goal. Whether, they are called
virtual
or distributed, the team members are not co-located; they can reside in different cities, states or countries.
Learn more in: Social Issues in IT Project Teams
16.
Groups of individuals working in a professional or academic setting set out to achieve comma goals or completion of a project. Communicating is not face-to-face but occurs via electronic format.
Learn more in: Help Me Understand: Effectively Communicating Across Generations
17.
Teams
whose members are dispersed (not necessarily global) and who communicate via technology to accomplish an organizational task.
Learn more in: Leading for Team Adaptation in Global Virtual Teams
18.
Teams
who primarily conduct their work through electronic media.
Learn more in: Leading Virtual Teams
19.
These are
teams
that are geographically distributed and communicate via Internet communication technologies, and many times never or rarely meet face-to-face.
Learn more in: Training to Improve Trust in Virtual Teams
20.
Virtual teams
rely on interactive technology so members can work together when separated by physical distance (Gibson & Cohen, 2006 AU30: The in-text citation "Gibson & Cohen, 2006" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Learn more in: Collaborative Approach to Successful Virtual Team Leadership
21.
A team with a small group of people who work through computer communication technology for a specific purpose, normally without face-to-face meetings
Learn more in: Evaluating Processes and Performance in Virtual Teams
22.
Teams
of people who primarily interact electronically and who may meet face to face occasionally.
Learn more in: Leadership Competency in Virtual Teams
23.
Groups of individuals working in a professional or academic setting set out to achieve comma goals or completion of a project. Communicating is not face-to-face but occurs via electronic format.
Learn more in: Communicating across the Generations: Implications for Higher Education Leadership
24.
Groups of geographically and/or organizationally dispersed coworkers that are assembled using a combination of telecommunication and information technologies to accomplish an organizational task. (Townsend et al., 1998)
Learn more in: GSS Research for E-Collaboration
25.
A group of individuals working for a common goal from different physical locations, who interact by means of electronic means of communication. Also known as remote
teams
.
Learn more in: Cultural Awareness and Distance Communication: A Project-Based Intervention in Higher Education Environments
26.
Virtual teams
can be defined as a group of people working towards similar goals who use information communication technology to interact and collaborate.
Learn more in: Managing “Virtuality”: An Integrated Model for the Implementation and Management of Virtual Teams
27.
Virtual teams
are work
teams
where a minimum of one team member is separated from other team members due to geographical time and distance.
Learn more in: E-Collaboration in Organizations
28.
A team of employees working together from different remote locations. The majority of their collaboration occurs online.
Learn more in: Distributed Work Environments: The Impact of Technology in the Workplace
29.
can be defined as groups of workers geographically, organizationally and/or time dispersed brought together by information technologies to accomplish one or more organization tasks. The degree of geographic dispersion within a
virtual
team can vary widely from having one member located in a different location than the rest of the team to having each member located in a different country. The term
virtual
team is a misnomer as although it makes reference to
virtual
reality and the concept of creating a
virtual
space that can be experienced it also suggests that the
virtual
team isn’t actually a team and as such can lead to a loss of performance.
Learn more in: Virtual Enterprise Network Solutions and Monitoring as Support for Geographically Dispersed Business
30.
Virtual
project
teams
, by definition, are groups of people working together toward a common goal. Whether, they are called
virtual
or distributed, the team members are not co-located; they can reside in different cities, states or countries.
Learn more in: Social Issues in IT Project Teams
31.
A group of geographically dispersed individuals who work on a joint project or common task and communicate electronically.
Learn more in: Developing Trust in Virtual Teams
32.
Teams
brought together through technological
teams
, thus providing communication in different times and places.
Learn more in: Technology Leverages a Community University Collaboration
Find more terms and definitions using our
Dictionary Search
.
Virtual Teams
appears in:
Handbook of Research on Transnational Higher...
Search inside this book for more research materials.
Recommend to a Librarian
Recommend to a Colleague
Looking for research materials? Search our database for more
Virtual Teams
downloadable research papers.
InfoSci-OnDemand
Download Premium Research Papers
Full text search our database of 175,500 titles for
Virtual Teams
to find related research papers.
Learn More About Virtual Teams in These Related Titles
The Role of Child Life Specialists in Commun...
Social Sciences & Humanities
Copyright 2023. 472 pages.
While the genesis of the Certified Child Life Spec...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Critical Perspectives on Social Justice in S...
Social Sciences & Humanities
Copyright 2021. 355 pages.
There is very little discussion of socially just a...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts a...
Media & Communications
Copyright 2020. 539 pages.
The world is witnessing a media revolution similar...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Police Psychology and Its Growing Impact on...
Social Sciences & Humanities
Copyright 2017. 345 pages.
Police psychology has become an integral part of p...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Censorship and Student Communication in Onli...
Education
Copyright 2016. 622 pages.
While freedom of speech is a defining characterist...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Modern Societal Impacts of the Model Minorit...
Social Sciences & Humanities
Copyright 2015. 403 pages.
The model minority stereotype is a form of racism...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral C...
Media & Communications
Copyright 2014. 465 pages.
Online communities continue to evolve as more peop...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Servant Leadership: Research and Practice
Business & Management
Copyright 2014. 405 pages.
Leaders represent a necessary part of any organiza...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Integrated Operations in the Oil and Gas Ind...
Business & Management
Copyright 2013. 457 pages.
The predicted “ICT revolution” has gained increasi...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters
Electronic Enterprise: Strategy and Architec...
Business & Management
Copyright 2003. 384 pages.
Enterprise evolution (or electronic enterprise) is...
In Stock
$29.50 Individual Chapters