Team meetings have been at the heart of businesses worldwide for a long time, regardless of industry and region. While extant research has outlined the advantages and challenges of using virtual reality (VR) for team meetings like higher closeness and increased exhaustion, it is largely unclear...

Exclusion-inclusion theory has received attention in various disciplines in the actual world. However, whether and how virtual tourism experiences can affect the degree of exclusion-inclusion for people who use wheelchairs has not been discussed. Driven by an interpretivist paradigm, this study...

This study examines the willingness to pay (WTP) for fully-simulated virtual reality (VR) concerts. The results indicate that the intention to purchase (IP) concert tickets is strongly influenced by payment attitudes, followed by perceived behavioral control (PBC) and subjective norms (SN)....

The coronavirus pandemic has sent an important message that future project teams need to be trained to work under virtual conditions, which has already become the new norm in organizations across the world. As organizations increasingly rely on virtual teams to achieve project objectives, it is...

Global virtual teamwork has emerged as a cornerstone of collaborative teamwork in today's work landscape, characterized by cross-border collaboration using digital technologies. Although research has started to investigate the mechanisms underlying effective teamwork through information and...

Are national borders an impediment to online collaboration in the knowledge economy? Unlike in goods trade, knowledge workers can collaborate fully virtually, such that border effects might be eliminated. Here we study collaboration patterns of some 144,000 European developers on the largest...

Virtual manufacturing is one of the key components of Industry 4.0, the fourth industrial revolution, in improving manufacturing processes. Virtual manufacturing enables manufacturers to optimize their production processes using real-time data from sensors and other connected devices in Industry...

Remote work arrangements and increased virtual communication are commonplace. Particularly in organizations, virtual communication has become an essential tool for collaboration and exchanging information. Virtual communication channels, such as text or video messages, provide different levels...

A healthy organization is purely dependent on the good practices of Human Resource Management as it concentrates on the betterment of employees working in an organization. The COVID-19 pandemic and Russian invasion have thoroughly posed the world with either a health crisis or an economic...

This article provides an overview of Mobile Virtual Network Operators ("MVNOs") and their significance in the Nigerian telecommunications sector. With the release of the Licensing Framework for the Establishment of MVNOs in 2022, the Nigerian Communications Commission ("NCC") aims to improve...

From employment to education, many areas of our daily lives have gone virtual, including the virtual workplace and virtual classes. By comparison, the way we generate, deliver, and consume electricity is an anachronism. And the electric industry’s outdated business model and regulatory...

Over the past decade, technology has greatly impacted our lives. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops have become an integral part of our daily lives. While it can be hard to keep up with world events, church technology can provide helpful tools for ministry. As churches adapt to this new way, they...

Formation and scheduling are the most important decisions in the virtual modular manufacturing system; however, the global performance optimization of the system may be sacrificed via the superposition of two independent decision-making results. The joint decision of formation and scheduling is...

The Scientific and Technical Revolution 5.0 and WEB 3.0 technologies create conditions for the renovation of various forms of social relations with the use of virtual and augmented reality technologies in the metaverse. According to the proposed theory, the legal regulation of social relations...

Implemented properly, virtual health care—like online appointments, patient portals, and remote patient monitoring—has tremendous potential. These technologies can reduce costs and improve efficiency. They can also eliminate access barriers, streamline communication, and improve the...

Chapter1: Introduction The Evolution of Spirituality and Consciousness -- Part I owards Consciousness and Flourishing Well Being -- Chapter2: Digital Connection Human Connection and the Scaling of Well Being -- Chapter3: Global Consciousness and the Power of Virtual Spaces -- Chapter4: Embodying...