Surviving the paradoxes of virtual teamwork Export

@article{citeulike:3468157, abstract = {Despite the potential benefits of virtual teams, current literature suggests that virtual teamwork is rife with complex challenges. We frame some of these challenges as paradoxes inherent in the concept of virtual teamwork. Based on interviews with 42 leaders and members of virtual teams, we identify five paradoxes: (1) virtual teams require physical presence; (2) flexibility of virtual teamwork is aided by structure; (3) interdependent work in virtual teams is accomplished by members' independent contributions; (4) task-oriented virtual teamwork succeeds through social interactions; and (5) mistrust is instrumental to establishing trust among virtual team members. In addition, we identify strategies that respondents used to cope with, or 'survive' the paradoxes of virtual teamwork.}, address = {Department of Information Technologies, HEC Montral, 3000 Cote-Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal (Quebec), H3T 2A7, Canada, email: line.dube@hec.ca, and ; Computer Information Systems Department, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University, PO Box 4015, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4015, USA, email: drobey@gsu.edu}, author = {Dub\'{e}, Line and Robey, Daniel}, citeulike-article-id = {3468157}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00313.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/121358568/ABSTRACT}, comment = {To-do: need to find access to digital/print copy ---=note-separator=--- Finally managed to get access after «getting around things» ;-)}, doi = {10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00313.x}, journal = {Information Systems Journal}, keywords = {collaborative\_work, concepts, paradox, review, social\_factors, social\_interaction, strategy, team\_work, trust, virtual}, number = {19}, pages = {3--30}, posted-at = {2009-06-25 11:28:24}, priority = {0}, title = {Surviving the paradoxes of virtual teamwork}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00313.x}, volume = {9999}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3468157 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3468157 N2 - Despite the potential benefits of virtual teams, current literature suggests that virtual teamwork is rife with complex challenges. We frame some of these challenges as paradoxes inherent in the concept of virtual teamwork. Based on interviews with 42 leaders and members of virtual teams, we identify five paradoxes: (1) virtual teams require physical presence; (2) flexibility of virtual teamwork is aided by structure; (3) interdependent work in virtual teams is accomplished by members' independent contributions; (4) task-oriented virtual teamwork succeeds through social interactions; and (5) mistrust is instrumental to establishing trust among virtual team members. In addition, we identify strategies that respondents used to cope with, or 'survive' the paradoxes of virtual teamwork. IS - 19 JF - Information Systems Journal AD - Department of Information Technologies, HEC Montral, 3000 Cote-Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal (Quebec), H3T 2A7, Canada, email: line.dube@hec.ca, and ; Computer Information Systems Department, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University, PO Box 4015, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4015, USA, email: drobey@gsu.edu EP - 30 TI - Surviving the paradoxes of virtual teamwork VL - 9999 SP - 3 KW - collaborative_work KW - concepts KW - paradox KW - review KW - social_factors KW - social_interaction KW - strategy KW - team_work KW - trust KW - virtual N1 - To-do: need to find access to digital/print copy N1 - Finally managed to get access after «getting around things» ;-) AU - Dubé, Line AU - Robey, Daniel PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00313.x ER -