Virtual Team Research

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Z. Schiller ◽  
Munir Mandviwalla
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Theory Application

Recent information systems research has studied various aspects of virtual teams. However, the foundations and theoretical development of virtual team research remain unclear. We propose that an important way to move forward is to accelerate the process of theorizing and theory appropriation. This article presents an in-depth analysis of the current state of the art of theory application and development in virtual team research. We identify the frequency, pattern of use, and ontological basis of 25 virtual team-relevant theories. A researcher’s tool kit is presented to promote future theory application and appropriation. The tool kit consists of a descriptive and analytical database of theories relevant for virtual team research. We also present a framework for appropriating virtual team theories based on seven criteria. A detailed example demonstrates the application of the theory appropriation framework. The article contributes to the literature by presenting the state of the art of theory use in virtual team research and by providing a framework for appropriating reference-discipline theories.

Validation in Information Systems Research: A State-of-the-Art Assessment

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Claude Boudreau ◽  
David Gefen ◽  
Detmar W. Straub
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Art Assessment

Using Sociological Theories and Concepts in Accounting Information Systems Research: A Framework for Team Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Martin M. Weisner
Keyword(s):  
Group Processes ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
Accounting Research ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Team Control ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT This article presents a selection of sociological theories and concepts with potential for application by researchers interested in audit firm teams consisting of, or including, IT specialists and the technologies supporting those teams. A framework structured around intragroup collaboration, intergroup collaboration, and team control is presented, along with a series of research questions that link sociological perspectives with accounting research. The study is motivated by calls for expansion of theoretical perspectives through which accounting research can be approached, and aims to assist researchers in addressing the scarcity of sociologically informed inquiry in the domain of group processes, team dynamics, and related team management concerns.

Reimagine Your Classroom

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Minna Logemann
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Digital Workplace ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Online Spaces

This chapter notes the lack of coursework responding to the growing need to educate future employees to work and manage teams in the modern digital workplace as part of learning processes. The chapter introduces a case study on a virtual teamwork class developed for higher education students. The class offers a learning experience that resonates with the modern digital workplace and work in geographically dispersed virtual teams. Theoretical framing and instructional designs discussed in the chapter shed light to strategies how disciplinary knowledge on virtual team research were used to develop both the class content and the learning infrastructure. The chapter depicts several connections between disciplinary frameworks in virtual team research and pedagogical concepts in learning and education literatures. These connections offer ideas for developing teaching and learning in online spaces and suggest implications for developing the curricula to better prepare students for the digital, global workplace.

Lessons Learned Crossing Boundaries in an ICT-Supported Distributed Team

2011 ◽  
pp. 22-41
Author(s):  
David J. Pauleen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Team Culture ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Distributed Team ◽  
Contextual Elements ◽  
Key Issues

Most so-called virtual teams are virtual by degree only. The dichotomy of face-to-face versus virtual teams is a research-led phenomenon. Many teams are using combinations of face-to-face communication and ICT, and can be considered transitional or semi-virtual teams. Many of these teams cross multiple boundaries, including those of time, distance, organization and culture. This paper takes an in-depth look at one such ICT-supported distributed team and investigates some of the key issues that arose as it operated across multiple boundaries, in particular ethnic cultural boundaries. This paper answers recent calls for more in-depth and creative cross-culturally framed information systems research, and the findings suggest that while traditional notions of culture are still valuable for lending insight into team member behavior, team culture may also be seen as emergent and negotiated based on a wide range of contextual elements. The paper concludes with an analysis of the important practical lessons learned in this case. The implications for cross-cultural IS research are briefly discussed.

Virtual Teams

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Travis Maynard ◽  
Matti Vartiainen ◽  
Diana Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
Continued Use

Given the proliferation of technology developments and the continued use of teams within organizations, it is not surprising to see an increasing use of virtual teams. In response, researchers are more closely examining factors that may affect virtual team performance. There have been several reviews that do a thorough job of providing the current state of the virtual team literature, as well as providing directions for future research in this area. However, within the current chapter, we leverage a framework from the talent-management literature to assess whether certain talent-management-related topics have been adequately considered within the virtual team literature. Within each section of the framework leveraged here, we outline what the virtual team research has discussed, as well as where future opportunities exist. Our contention is that by integrating thoughts from the talent-management literature, additional insights and gaps can be identified within the virtual team literature.

A Bridge Too Far?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte P. Lee ◽  
Kjeld Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cooperative Work ◽  
Computer Supported Cooperative Work ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Information Infrastructures ◽  
Information Systems Research ◽  
Critical Investigation

The study of computing infrastructures has grown significantly due to the rapid proliferation and ubiquity of large-scale IT-based installations. At the same time, recognition has also grown of the usefulness of such studies as a means for understanding computing infrastructures as material complements of practical action. Subsequently the concept of “infrastructure” (or “information infrastructures,” “cyberinfrastructures,” and “infrastructuring”) has gained increasing importance in the area of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) as well as in neighboring areas such as Information Systems research (IS) and Science and Technology Studies (STS). However, as such studies have unfolded, the very concept of “infrastructure” is being applied in different discourses, for different purposes, in myriad different senses. Consequently, the concept of “infrastructure” has become increasingly muddled and needs clarification. The chapter presents a critical investigation of the vicissitudes of the concept of “infrastructure” over the last 35 years.

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