Recognizing the significant contributions made throughout the handbook on Virtual Work, this chapter explores several of the significant research gaps and opportunities remaining that can continue to push forward the field of virtual work management and practice. This chapter first explores an...

New information technologies (IT) like Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Blockchain can enable highly adaptive organizing arrangements that have significant potential for value creation under changing business environments. Orchestration refers to a loosely coupled archetype of...

This chapter focuses on virtual work in multinational organizations (MNOs). As MNOs spread across geographical distances and culturally diverse units and operations, smooth communication and coordination have become the crucial enabler of knowledge transfer and learning. Therefore, we first...

Millions of workers have made the shift to working remotely during the outbreak of Covid-19, irrespective of their tasks, preferences, and abilities. The unprecedented large-scale experiment has challenged our understandings. Well-documented benefits of virtual work have been questioned, while...

In virtual work, organizational context and climate may affect employee well-being and performance in various ways. Research on this topic has accumulated over the past decades, but yet, a higher level integration of the findings is needed. This chapter reviews the literature on the contextual...

Although virtual teams have been around for a long time and have become a widespread form of work organization, little is known about creativity in this context. In this chapter, we focus on virtual project teams (VPTs) in particular, which are temporary in character and typically disbanded on...

Organizational complexity fosters the creation of teams to effectively carry out work. As organizations globalize and adopt the use of virtual work, technology-driven communication and geographic dispersion both contribute to virtual team dynamics and carry the potential to challenge virtual...

Trust development in virtual teams is a growing area of emphasis for both researchers and practitioners. This chapter reviews trust research and introduces a new conceptual framework that identifies trust implications across the transition, action, and interpersonal phases of a team....

This chapter presents a review of research examining team cognitive processes and provides practical recommendations in the context of virtual collaboration. To best support virtual team processes, it is important to consider team cognition because it is the foundation of attitudes and behaviors...

The pandemic-induced surge in digitalization is associated with challenges for team member collaboration. In this chapter, we summarize the state of research based on a model of team collaboration. We find that the surge of digitalization primarily threatens the performance of interdependent,...