Managing Virtual Teams

Silvester Ivanaj, Claire Bozon (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2016
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78536-926-1 (ISBN)

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'This comprehensive volume provides excellent coverage of the scholarly landscape for virtual teaming. Ivanaj and Bozon have integrated a variety of research streams and practical techniques that should prove to be very useful for anyone studying or working in virtual teams. The chapter on leadership and conflict management is an especially thoughtful and welcome addition to the literature, given we know less about these arenas, and yet they tend to be critical roadblocks for many teams. I commend the authors on developing an excellent resource!'
- Cristina Gibson, University of Western Australia

The book Managing Virtual Teams explores the critical elements that must be considered in managing virtual teams in organizations from structural, managerial, and process points-of-view. Based in solid research, the book provides a deep look at the nature of virtual teams and the factors that enable their success.

Using a text-analysis method, the book consolidates results from both academic and practitioners' sources about virtual team inputs, processes, and outcomes. It lays out in clear detail the key characteristics of virtual teams and traces their emergence within organizations and research literature. Managing Virtual Teams addresses the particular practices of virtual teams, not only technological-focused but also socio-emotional, including the managerial attitudes required in virtual environments seeking well-performing teams. Incorporating case studies and research results, this book demonstrates how academic research can be used to successfully manage businesses in a virtual context.

This book is a valuable contribution with clear guidelines for managerial practice, both for researchers interested in learning about virtual teams and to managers and organizations dealing with the challenges of managing them. Students will also benefit from this book as they learn how to become effective and operational virtual team members, and in future, successful managers.

Silvester Ivanaj, Professor, ICN Business School and researcher, CEREFIGE, Université de Lorraine, Nancy and Claire Bozon, Procurement Manager, Brasserie de Champigneulles, Nancy, France

Contents: PART I WHAT VIRTUAL TEAMS ARE ALL ABOUT? 1. Evolutive Definition of Virtual Teams 2. Emergence of Virtual Teams 3. Mapping the Virtual Team Research Field PART II VIRTUAL TEAM INPUTS 4. Elements Supporting Virtuality Within an Organization 5. Inputs and Characteristics of Virtual Teams PART III VIRTUAL TEAM PROCESSES 6. Socio-Emotional Processes 7. Technological and Work Processes 8. Managerial Processes : Leadership and Conflict Management PART IV OUTPUTS : VIRTUAL TEAMS A SOURCE OF PERFORMANCE 9. Teamwork Performance In Virtual Teams 10. Affective Performance In Virtual Teams 11. Final Conclusions PART V CASE STUDIES Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2016
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-78536-926-1 / 1785369261
ISBN-13	978-1-78536-926-1 / 9781785369261
Zustand	Neuware