Virtual Team Effectiveness and Sequence of Conditions

dc.contributor.authorOlson, Joel
dc.contributor.authorOlson, Linda
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-06T23:15:46Z
dc.date.available2020-01-06T23:15:46Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the sequence of Group Task Pressure (GTP) and communication medium conditions on group effectiveness. It contributes to the task-technology fit research by considering the sequence of these conditions on task-technology fit related to group effectiveness. The study has value for professionals pursuing the construction and management of virtual teams. A pilot experiment was conducted using 22 subjects in eight groups with a mixed 2x2 design. Given the sample size, the study is more descriptive than inferential. The study manipulated GTP by combinations of time scarcity, reward and task complexity. The media conditions used in the study were face-to-face and synchronous computer-mediated chats. Group effectiveness was measured by the length of time groups took to complete assigned tasks. The four study conditions were: a simple task completed face-to-face, a simple task completed in a computer-mediated condition, a complex task completed in a face-to-face condition and a complex task in a computer-mediated condition. Each group was rotated through all the conditions. The sequence of communication medium conditions were significant, but not the sequence of GTP conditions. Groups starting in the face-to-face condition took less time to complete their rotation of tasks than groups starting in the computer-mediated condition. Groups starting in both the low and high GTP conditions took the same amount of time to complete the full rotation of task and conditions. Recommendations for subsequent research on group task pressure are presented.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationOlson, J., Olson, L. (2013). Virtual team effectiveness and sequence of conditions. International Journal of Management and Information Systems. (17)1, 1-12.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2157-9628
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12264/124
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherClute Instituteen_US
dc.rightsOriginally published in International Journal of Management and Information Systems at https://clutejournals.com/ under a Creative Commons CC-BY License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.subjectVirtual Worken_US
dc.subjectVirtual Teamsen_US
dc.subjectTeam Performanceen_US
dc.subjectGroup Worken_US
dc.subjectComputer Mediated Communicationen_US
dc.subjectCollaborationen_US
dc.subjectGroup Effectivenessen_US
dc.subjectTime Pressureen_US
dc.titleVirtual Team Effectiveness and Sequence of Conditionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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