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Critical Success Factors in Managing Virtual Teams

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Information Systems, Technology and Management (ICISTM 2010)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 54))

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The corporate world is changing from the boardroom meetings and group gatherings to a virtual team world. Mobile employees who work from home or a remote office are becoming more common. More and more companies are adopting virtual teams because they bring many advantages to organizations and their employees. However, virtual teams carry additional complexity and increase risk of unsuccessful projects in terms of reaching their goals. This paper defines virtual teams, discusses their advantages and challenges, and identifies several success factors to manage virtual teams. These factors are aggregated using a four-dimensional framework. This paper discusses factors from the structural, cognitive, relational, and technological dimensions and the relationships between them. Finally, the relationships between some factors of the previous dimensions and the performance of the virtual team are analyzed.

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  1. Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN 46634, USA

    Ganesh Vaidyanathan

  2. Project Executive, IBM Corporation, Venezuela

    Carmen Debrot

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  1. Computer Science Department, Georgia State University, 34 Peachtree Street, 30303, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Sushil K. Prasad

  2. Tata Research, Development and Design Center (TRDDC), Pune, India

    Harrick M. Vin

  3. CISE Department, CSE 301, University of Florida, FL 32611, Gainesville, USA

    Sartaj Sahni

  4. Management Development Institute (MDI), Mehrauli Road, Sukhrali, Gurgaon, India

    Mahadeo P. Jaiswal

  5. Dept. of Computer Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thonburi, 10140, Bangkok, Thailand

    Bundit Thipakorn

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Vaidyanathan, G., Debrot, C. (2010). Critical Success Factors in Managing Virtual Teams. In: Prasad, S.K., Vin, H.M., Sahni, S., Jaiswal, M.P., Thipakorn, B. (eds) Information Systems, Technology and Management. ICISTM 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 54. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12035-0_27

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