TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling the characteristics of virtual teams' structure
AU - Shwarts-Asher, Daphna
AU - Ahituv, Niv
AU - Etzion, Dalia
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The main research question is whether output of virtual teams is affected by the teams' structure. A model, suggesting that the team structure can be manipulated in order to increase the team's output will be presented. The study used an experiment, in which subjects, who were grouped into teams, had to share information in order to complete an intellective task. The findings indicated that virtual teams output were inferior to face-to-face teams output, and that structure did overcome two negative impacts of the virtuality - less effectiveness and less satisfaction; yet it did not raise the virtual team efficiency.
AB - The main research question is whether output of virtual teams is affected by the teams' structure. A model, suggesting that the team structure can be manipulated in order to increase the team's output will be presented. The study used an experiment, in which subjects, who were grouped into teams, had to share information in order to complete an intellective task. The findings indicated that virtual teams output were inferior to face-to-face teams output, and that structure did overcome two negative impacts of the virtuality - less effectiveness and less satisfaction; yet it did not raise the virtual team efficiency.
KW - E-infrastructure
KW - E-social science
KW - Management
KW - Team performance
KW - Team structure
KW - Virtual teams
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67650667439&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJBIDM.2009.026908
DO - 10.1504/IJBIDM.2009.026908
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AN - SCOPUS:67650667439
SN - 1743-8187
VL - 4
SP - 195
EP - 212
JO - International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining
JF - International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining
IS - 2
ER -