Virtual Teams

Portal Sites
Managing and Leading Virtual Teams
Communications, Trust and Culture
Distance Learning and Teaching
Scholarly Articles and Papers on Virtual Teams
Knowledge Management
General Resources on Virtual Teams

Portal Sites

Virtualteams.com
Portal site for virtual teaming information including a discussion forum and resource library. Requires free membership.

Virtual Organizations
Extensive resources on all aspects of virtual organizations.

Virtual Organization Net
"Virtual Organization Net (VoNet) is focused on theoretical and empirical research related to Virtual Organizations, Virtual Teams, Network Organization and Electronic Commerce." Includes the Journal of Organizational Virtualness.

Center for the Study of Work Teams
Center focused on the study of work teams and collaboration, including virtual team interaction.

Virtual Organizations: Vol 3, Issue 4
Special issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication dedicated to the topic of Virtual Organizations. Produced by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.

Managing and Leading Virtual Teams

Membership and Management of a 'Virtual' Team: The Perspectives of a Research Manager
Examination of the composition nd management of a virtual team from the perspective of a research manager.

Leading Virtual Teams
Article on leading virtual teams written by Dave Gould, the Campus Department Chair for Information Systems and Technology at the University of Phoenix.

Managing Virtual Teams by Lisa Kimball
Text of speech given by Lisa Kimball for Team Strategies Conference sponsored by
Federated Press, Toronto, Canada, 1997.

Communications, Trust and Culture

Communications and Trust in Global Virtual Teams by Dorothy Leidner and Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa
"This paper explores the challenges of creating and maintaining trust in a global virtual team whose members transcend time, space, and culture."

Trust in Virtual Teams
Short Paper by Dr. John Gundry. Lists 11 "steps" to creating a trusting virtual environment.

Virtual Teams Going Global by Steve Alexander
Article addressing the challenges of cross-cultural virtual teams working in a global environment.

Communication and Trust in Global Virtual Teams by Sirkka L. Jarvnepaa
Communication and Trust in Global Virtual Teams

Team Heat - GLOBAL EFFICIENCY - CIO Magazine September 1, 1998
Discusses several of the common mistakes made by global teams with regard to communications and cultural differences.

Developing Global Teams in a Turbulent Environment
Analysis of the global teaming process, including discussion of teaching culture "on the fly."

Distance Learning and Teaching

A Framework for Pedagogical Evaluation of Virtual Learning Environments
Report which examines the overall effectiveness of comercially available virtual learning environment software.

Teaching at a Distance: Building a Virtual Learning Environment
Report detailing the challenges of setting up a distance learning program.

Exploring the Middle Ground: A Course on Teaming in Cyberspace
Article by Stephen Ruth, Joel Foreman, and Ted Tschudy that explores a proposed classification system for determining the appropriate dose of IT intervention in college classes.

The Technical Realities of Virtual Learning: An Overview for the Non-Technologist by Kenneth J. Klingenstein
Describes the technological issues underlying the development of distance learning and virtual teams.

Creating Virtual Learning Communities in Africa: Challenges and Prospects
Article about the growing applications of distance learning in Africa.

Scholarly Articles and Papers on Virtual Teams

Global Virtual Team Exercise - Spring 1998
Paper by Kathleen Knoll and Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa from the University of Texas describing the results they collected from studies of virtual teams.

Effective Virtual Teams Through Communities Of Practice
Paper that "examines the nature of virtual teams and their place in the networked economy."

Collocation and Effective Teamwork: Experts Differ on Whether Physical Proximity is Mission Critical
Paper examining differing views on the importance of physical proximity of teams.

Dispersed Teams are the Peopleware of the 21st Century
Interview with Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, co-authors, Virtual Teams.

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning
Comprehensive collection of links on the subject of KM and organizational learning.

BPubs.com: Knowledge Management Articles
KM publications as related to business, including several articles on collaboration.

ICASIT's Knowledge Management Central
Please see the Knowledge Management Central portion of our website for extensive resources on the topic of knowledge management.

General Resources on Virtual Teams

Web Crossing - Using Virtual Teams
How to create, use, and support a virtual team. Comes in the form of tips and reads like a magazine article.

Chicago Tribune - Virtual Teams Make Loyalty More Realistic
News article on virtual teams entitled "Virtual Teams Make Loyalty More Realistic."

Virtual Teams
Brief article on virtual teams which addresses virtual conferences and meetings.

Networked & Virtual Teams
Resource with links to many articles and links to assist organizations in implementing and supporting virtual teams.

Virtual Corporations & Outsourcing
Comprehensive set of links to various resources on the subject of virtual corporations and outsourcing.