Theorizing virtual teams: relationality in dispersed collaboration
ISBN
9781522540946
Type
book section
Date Issued
2018-04
Author(s)
Abstract
This chapter outlines a theoretical agenda for virtual teams from the perspective of workplace transformation afforded by technology. It goes on to discuss virtuality from a relational perspective arguing that the technology, for which the rise of the virtual serves as occurrence, is not collaborative in and of itself. It is only in the ‘doing’ of relational practices virtually that technology becomes collaborative. The chapter is concerned with letting go off the anchor of physicality that pervades the literature, and suggests instead centring on relationality to grasp the context in use of virtual teams, through a discussion of time-space, leadership, trust, and team cohesion versus flexibility. The main concern is to provide a relational theorising of collaboration in virtual teams; one that addresses their context, together with the ways such a context shapes up relationality.
Funding(s)
Relationality in virtual teams
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Book title
Online Collaboration and Communication in Contemporary Organizations
Publisher
IGI Global
Publisher place
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Start page
1
End page
20
Pages
0
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
254869