COVID 19 and its Impact on Global Virtual Teams: Exploring the Unexplored

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Pooja Misra ◽  
Archana Shrivastava
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Global Virtual Teams

scholarly journals The power of individual cultural values in global virtual teams

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audra I. Mockaitis ◽  
Elizabeth L. Rose ◽  
Peter Zettinig
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Global Teams ◽  
Global Virtual Teams ◽  
Team Processes ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigates the perceptions of members of 43 culturally diverse global virtual teams, with respect to team processes and outcomes. Despite widespread acknowledgement of the challenges presented by cultural differences in the context of global teams, little is known about the effect of these differences on team dynamics in the absence of face-to-face interaction. Using a student-based sample, we study the relationship between global virtual team members’ individualistic and collectivistic orientations and their evaluations of trust, interdependence, communication and information sharing, and conflict during the team task. Our results suggest that a collectivist orientation is associated with more favorable impressions regarding global virtual team processes and that cultural differences are not concealed by virtual means of communication.

The predictive power of university pedigree on the graduate's performance in global virtual teams

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 555
Author(s):  
Vas Taras ◽  
Marjaana Gunkel ◽  
Alexander Assouad ◽  
Ernesto Tavoletti ◽  
Justin Kraemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Global Virtual Teams

Leading global virtual teams

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Brake
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Global Virtual Teams

scholarly journals Promoting Global Virtual Teams Across the Globe

2013 ◽  
pp. 165-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norhayati Zakaria ◽  
Ghadeer Al Safi
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Technical Difficulty ◽  
Global Virtual Teams ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Cultural Challenges ◽  
Managerial Styles ◽  
Travel Abroad

This chapter presents a preliminary understanding of cross-cultural challenges and synergistic experiences of multicultural students engaged in Global Virtual Teams (GVTs). In this case study, we introduce the GVT structure as a novel learning platform which utilizes Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) tools as part of its virtual-based learning. We administer the case study with 30 students (n=30) in the United of Emirates (UAE) who engage in GVTs across the globe—encompassing 26 universities and 22 countries. Qualitative data is collected in the form of documents—reflective reports of the students’ experiential learning over a 10-week period. We content analyse the reports based on the thematic analysis with two distinctive categories—cultural challenges and cultural synergies based on the first seven weeks of the experiential learning process. In this study, we find that students experienced challenges such as managing technical difficulty, language barriers, deteriorating motivations, geographical distance, time differences, and non-committed and unresponsive attitude. However, students also experience synergies from the GVTs such as strong relationships and continued friendships, formation of emergent leadership, learned diverse managerial styles and competencies skills, varied use of varied CMC tools, and international exposure to diverse cultures without the need to travel abroad.

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