Virtual teams projects, protocols and processes /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Pauleen, David, 1957-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2004.
• Subjects: Virtual work teams.; Teams in the workplace.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Virtual teams are a relatively new phenomenon and by definition work across time, distance, and organizations through the use of information and communications technology. This book gathers the best of academic research on real work-based virtual teams into one book. It offers a series of chapters f...

Table of Contents:

• The Multifaceted Nature of Virtual Teams / Line Dubé, Guy Paré
• Trust and the Trust Placement Process in Metateam Projects / Walter D. Fernández
• The Impact of External Factors on Virtual Teams: Comparative Cases / Andrea Hornett
• A Virtual Team in Action: An Illustration of a Business Development Virtual Team / Ian K. Wong, D. Sandy Staples
• Long Distance Leadership: Communicative Strategies for Leading Virtual Teams / Stacey L. Connaughton, John A. Daly
• Toward Integration of Artifacts, Resources and Processes for Virtual Teams / Schahram Dustdar
• Best Practices for Virtual Team Effectiveness / D. Sandy Staples, Ian K. Wong, Ann Frances Cameron
• Varieties of Virtual Organizations and Their Knowledge Sharing Systems / Andrea Hornett
• Effective Virtual Teams / Tammie D. Hertel
• Prelude to Virtual Groups: Leadership and Technology in Semivirtual Groups / Terri L. Griffith, David K. Meader
• Mediating Complexity: Facilitating Relationship Building Across Boundaries in Start-Up Virtual Teams / David J. Pauleen, Lalita Rajasingham
• Factors Contributing to Knowledge Sharing and Communication in a Large Virtual Work Group / Olivia Ernst Neece
• Trust, Rationality and the Virtual Team / Peter Murphy.