The IRMA Community
Newsletters
Research IRM
Click a keyword to search titles using our InfoSci-OnDemand powered search:
|
Virtual Teams as Sociotechnical Systems
Abstract
A virtual team can be described as an organizational unit unconstrained by geographical, temporal, organizational, and/or national boundaries (Townsend, DeMarie & Hendrickson, 1998). Despite their rising popularity, numerous issues exist surrounding how virtual teams can productively coordinate their resources, activities, and information, often in dynamic and uncertain task environments (Fiore, Salas, Cuevas & Bowers, 2003; Townsend et al., 1998). With organizational structure increasing in complexity to include both co-located and virtual team members, explicit linkages between theory and practice are critically needed to mitigate the negative effects that technology-mediated interaction may have on virtual team productivity. Our goal here is to demonstrate how classic and current theories and principles from organizational psychology can be effectively integrated within a sociotechnical systems framework to address the unique challenges faced by this subset of teams. Specifically, we analyze the effects that collaborative information technology and lack of co-location may have on virtual team members. We conclude with suggested interventions for organizational practice.
Related Content
|
Christine Kosmopoulos.
© 2022.
22 pages.
|
|
Melkamu Beyene, Solomon Mekonnen Tekle, Daniel Gelaw Alemneh.
© 2022.
21 pages.
|
|
Rajkumari Sofia Devi, Ch. Ibohal Singh.
© 2022.
21 pages.
|
|
Ida Fajar Priyanto.
© 2022.
16 pages.
|
|
Murtala Ismail Adakawa.
© 2022.
27 pages.
|
|
Shimelis Getu Assefa.
© 2022.
17 pages.
|
|
Angela Y. Ford, Daniel Gelaw Alemneh.
© 2022.
22 pages.
|
|
|