The Evolution of the Virtuality Phenomenon in Organisations: A Critical Literature Review

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2017.050408" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2017.050408</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2017.050408" target="_blank" >10.15678/EBER.2017.050408</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Evolution of the Virtuality Phenomenon in Organisations: A Critical Literature Review

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Objective: The purpose of this study is to present a review of the scholarly literature development on virtual teams and to redefine the key characteristics and features of &apos;team virtuality&apos; and &apos;virtual teams&apos;. Even though previous literature reviews enhanced the understanding of the implications brought about by virtual teams, this study differs from earlier studies in a number of ways. Research Design &amp; Methods: A literature review through content and citation analyses was conducted using the Web of Science, ABI/Inform and EBSCO databases in order to comprehensively explore all definitions and characteristics of the concepts of &apos;virtual team&apos; and &apos;team virtuality&apos;. A total of 265 articles published between 2006 and 2014 were analysed, and the details of the analyses are herein presented. Findings: The analyses reveal that the characteristics and definitions are often contradictory and rarely correspond, thereby attesting to the lack of consensus in the literature. I present a portrait that tackles the literature&apos;s focus on virtual team&apos;s geographic dispersion and its dependency on electronic communication as the core sources of virtuality, as a defining characteristic of virtuality remain to be the lack of face-to-face contact. Implications &amp; Recommendations: The major implication is that a unified definition is proposed in order to measure virtuality more comprehensively by addressing the gap observed in past research. Contribution &amp; Value Added: This article contributes to the literature incorporating the studies from the most extensive fields of research. After considering different approaches and dimensional constructs, it has become clear that constructing a single dimension that all research could agree upon is an insurmountable challenge due to the variations of existing definitions as outlined in this article.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Evolution of the Virtuality Phenomenon in Organisations: A Critical Literature Review

Popis výsledku anglicky

Objective: The purpose of this study is to present a review of the scholarly literature development on virtual teams and to redefine the key characteristics and features of &apos;team virtuality&apos; and &apos;virtual teams&apos;. Even though previous literature reviews enhanced the understanding of the implications brought about by virtual teams, this study differs from earlier studies in a number of ways. Research Design &amp; Methods: A literature review through content and citation analyses was conducted using the Web of Science, ABI/Inform and EBSCO databases in order to comprehensively explore all definitions and characteristics of the concepts of &apos;virtual team&apos; and &apos;team virtuality&apos;. A total of 265 articles published between 2006 and 2014 were analysed, and the details of the analyses are herein presented. Findings: The analyses reveal that the characteristics and definitions are often contradictory and rarely correspond, thereby attesting to the lack of consensus in the literature. I present a portrait that tackles the literature&apos;s focus on virtual team&apos;s geographic dispersion and its dependency on electronic communication as the core sources of virtuality, as a defining characteristic of virtuality remain to be the lack of face-to-face contact. Implications &amp; Recommendations: The major implication is that a unified definition is proposed in order to measure virtuality more comprehensively by addressing the gap observed in past research. Contribution &amp; Value Added: This article contributes to the literature incorporating the studies from the most extensive fields of research. After considering different approaches and dimensional constructs, it has become clear that constructing a single dimension that all research could agree upon is an insurmountable challenge due to the variations of existing definitions as outlined in this article.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60205 - Literary theory

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review

ISSN

2353-883X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

5

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

171-188

Kód UT WoS článku

000422651600009

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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