The impact of netcentricity on virtual teams: the new performance challenge

Digital networks are changing the way people and organizations work and communicate. The twenty‐first century will witness an increase in the number and use of virtual workplaces. As a result, virtual teams will also become more common. When organizations globalize their workforces to take advantage of strategic business opportunities, virtual teams will be highly diverse. In this global context, the management of diverse virtual teams represents a new performance challenge for organizations. Working closely together to accomplish specific tasks is also a major undertaking for virtual teams. This article discusses how virtual teams are formed, interact, perform their tasks, and evaluated. It also examines how team leaders emerge, and the impact of netcentricity and network security on virtual teams.