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Am I Doing What's Expected? New Member Socialization in Virtual Groups

Am I Doing What's Expected? New Member Socialization in Virtual Groups

John E. Galvin, Manju K. Ahuja
Copyright: © 2001 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781878289926|ISBN10: 1878289926|EISBN13: 9781930708921
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-878289-92-6.ch003
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Galvin, John E., and Manju K. Ahuja. "Am I Doing What's Expected? New Member Socialization in Virtual Groups." Our Virtual World: The Transformation of Work, Play and Life via Technology, edited by Laku Chidambaram and Ilze Zigurs, IGI Global, 2001, pp. 40-55. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-92-6.ch003

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Galvin, J. E. & Ahuja, M. K. (2001). Am I Doing What's Expected? New Member Socialization in Virtual Groups. In L. Chidambaram & I. Zigurs (Eds.), Our Virtual World: The Transformation of Work, Play and Life via Technology (pp. 40-55). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-92-6.ch003

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Galvin, John E., and Manju K. Ahuja. "Am I Doing What's Expected? New Member Socialization in Virtual Groups." In Our Virtual World: The Transformation of Work, Play and Life via Technology, edited by Laku Chidambaram and Ilze Zigurs, 40-55. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2001. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-878289-92-6.ch003

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Abstract

The small miracle of telecommunications that Alexander Graham Bell brought to society in 1876 continues to transform our lives today. A technology that business was reluctant to embrace in the 1880s has now been embedded in the very fabric of organization life to such an extent that to exclude it is next to impossible. Today, communication technology allows people to work together even when they are physically far apart. In its most extreme use, businesses can operate without the employees ever meeting each other or their customers, thus creating a “virtual workplace” where time, space, and structure become tools for the individual rather than constraints of the organization.

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