Adaptivenes in Virtual Teams

31 Pages Posted: 3 Feb 2003

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Sajda Qureshi

University of Nebraska at Omaha - Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis

Doug Vogel

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Information Systems; Harbin Institute of Technology - School of Management

Date Written: June 14, 2000

Abstract

Computer supported teams are capturing the attention of academics and practitioners as organisations increasingly put them into practice as virtual teams. The practical relevance of current research into computer supported teams could be increased if greater attention is paid to organisational challenges as they form the context within which virtual teamwork takes place. A model of organisational challenges mapped against processes of adaptation is developed to highlight principle factors affecting virtual teams. A sample of current research groups studying computer-supported teams is plotted onto this map to reveal the extent to which current research addresses these contextual factors. From this map insights are distilled with respect to what is known and is not known about virtual teams. This paper concludes with specific research needs in the study of virtual teams.

Keywords: adaptation, structuration, virtual teamwork, virtuality, group support systems

JEL Classification: M, M11, R4, L22

Suggested Citation

Qureshi, Sajda and Vogel, Doug, Adaptivenes in Virtual Teams (June 14, 2000). ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2000-20-LIS, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=370820

Sajda Qureshi (Contact Author)

University of Nebraska at Omaha - Department of Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis ( email )

College of Information Science & Technology
The Peter Kiewit Institute, PKI 172C
Omaha, NE 68182
United States

Doug Vogel

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) - Department of Information Systems ( email )

83 Tat Chee Avenue
Kowloon
Hong Kong

Harbin Institute of Technology - School of Management ( email )

Heilongjiang
China

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