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• Schmidt, C.
• Temple, B. K.
• McCready, A.
• Newman, J.
• Kinzler, S. C.

This paper tracks the increasing interest in virtuality and its effects not only on economic, but also on psycho-social aspects of team performance. It introduces an approach to quantify the degree of virtuality (Do 9 as the unique, but varying characteristic of teams in the virtual. A model of a virtual team (V7) environment is constructed and is tested through a series of working hypotheses derived from the literature. We find that virtuality does not directly influence the economics of effective team performance but, instead, it influences team success through specific mechanisms in regard to a team 's social and psychological efficiency at the individual and the team level. It also shows that "virtuality" encourages several dysfunctional characteristics within a team environment and describes how these can be approached by providing practical implications.

• Economics and Business
• Computer and information sciences

• Management
• Ψυχολογία
• Information science

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