TY - GEN
T1 - Managing participative diversity in virtual teams
T2 - The 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Siences (HICSS-33)
AU - Qureshi, Sajda
AU - Bogenrieder, Irma
AU - Kumar, Kuldeep
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Information systems development has grown to become an area in which organizational performance and satisfying information needs secures primary consideration. As a result participation has become commonplace in the form of teamwork; autonomous work groups and even globally distributed virtual teams. However the benefits of participation have been contradictory as vested stakeholders may jeopardize the group process and emotional, irrational behaviour may thwart progress. This suggests that there are multiple dimensions of participation that need to be recognized. Once recognized, participation can then be used to increase the efficiency and effectiveness virtual teams. This paper describes this participative diversity through episodes at which aspects of learning took place in a globally distributed virtual team. Following an analysis of interactions on a virtual space, conclusions are drawn with respect to the functionalities required for collaborative technologies.
AB - Information systems development has grown to become an area in which organizational performance and satisfying information needs secures primary consideration. As a result participation has become commonplace in the form of teamwork; autonomous work groups and even globally distributed virtual teams. However the benefits of participation have been contradictory as vested stakeholders may jeopardize the group process and emotional, irrational behaviour may thwart progress. This suggests that there are multiple dimensions of participation that need to be recognized. Once recognized, participation can then be used to increase the efficiency and effectiveness virtual teams. This paper describes this participative diversity through episodes at which aspects of learning took place in a globally distributed virtual team. Following an analysis of interactions on a virtual space, conclusions are drawn with respect to the functionalities required for collaborative technologies.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0033871833
SN - 0769504930
T3 - Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 4
BT - Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
PB - IEEE
Y2 - 4 January 2000 through 7 January 2000
ER -