Teleworking has, today, become a necessity for many organizations, so effective virtual team management is critical. This study analyzes the influence of the personality traits of virtual team workers on team efficiency. To do so we examine the effects of subordinates' personalities on the trust...

In the contemporary business world, digital transformations have undergone vast and important developments over the last several decades, and they have aided in the development of the virtual team concept, in which geographically dispersed team members work to achieve a common goal. Virtual...

We develop a virtual tokamak platform choosing KSTAR tokamak as the target device. The Unity® game engine is employed to visualize the KSTAR main device. It is shown that with a proper reduction of the CAD data, a fast and interactive display of the device can be achieved in personal computer....

Leaders of organizations frequently a failure to employ the process of gaining trust tactics required for virtual project team adoption to be successful (VPTs). The goal of this qualitative single case study, which was based on Meyerson et alquick.'s trust theory, was to see what tactics project...

Database searches of the literature show that studies integrating organizational networks and cross-cultural leadership research are in short supply. One explanation could be underwhelming motivation to integrate research areas that historically lack consent among scholars. What makes this...

Die Welt hat sich in den vergangenen Monaten noch einmal schneller verändert als zuvor. Für Kommunikationsverantwortliche ist es nicht einfach, all diese Veränderungen im Blick zu behalten. Und darüber hinaus auch die Geschäftsführung zu beraten und die eigene Abteilung darauf...

Purpose: Against the backdrop of the increased prevalence of telework practices as a result of Covid-19, the purpose of the present article is to address the conceptual confusion, overlap and ambiguity characterising much of the published literature in this domain through the development of an...

Globalization and dynamic economic conditions have exponentially increased the use of virtual work in organizations. Effectiveness in software development teams, therefore, is now a relevant issue in business, psychology or other fields. Despite the uniqueness of software development teams and...

Fueled in part by the wealth recently created from digital currencies, major art dealers such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s have embraced the sale of non-fungible tokens attached to unique digital works of art. What are non-fungible tokens, how is this related to the blockchain and what do we...

Virtual worlds have become increasingly more important, and are being used for a large variety of recreational and business activities. Various companies have opened virtual offices and brand ambassador spaces, and the recent surge in online interactions has further increased the interest in...

In the field of economics, hysteresis refers to an event in the economy that persists into the future, even after the factors that led to that event have been removed. The coronavirus pandemic (or COVID-19) had such an effect, one that will last even after humankind finds a means to purge it. In...

Multicultural globally-dispersed virtual teams (MGVTs) have become an integral part of many global organizations. Geographical dispersion, cultural diversity and dependence on technology to communicate place many challenges to the effective work in MGVTs. In this paper we suggest to integrate...

In an innovation contest, an organizer elicits solutions to an innovation-related problem from a group of internal solvers (e.g., in-house employees) or from a group of external solvers (e.g., crowdsourcing-platform members). These solvers may develop individual solutions and make individual...

In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find that creative performance significantly decreases when group members communicate via chat instead of face-to-face. However, we find no...

In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find that creative performance significantly decreases when group members communicate via chat instead of face-to-face. However, we find no...

World Bank Group President David Malpass explained the World Bank Group's work to take broad swift action to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. He spoke about finalizing an additional package that will focus on the broader economic consequences. He was concerned about the poor and densely...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate the leadership behaviors of managers of virtual teams (VTs), particularly in the areas of trust building and conflict management. This study aims to expand the research of VT performance by offering first-person accounts from VT leaders on...

Die psychische Gesundheit der Beschäftigten gilt als ein entscheidender Faktor für den Unternehmenserfolg. Arbeitsbedingungen und Arbeitsbeziehungen können dabei als Ressourcen oder als Stressoren wirken. Doch gerade diese verändern sich im Kontext moderner Arbeitsformen. Mobile und flexible...

In the light of ICT revolution, horizontal organizational structures and team-based work units have become more prevalent in global businesses and resulting rise of outsourcing industry. This study tested the extent of the virtuality of teams in Global Outsourcing Sector, and identified their...

Although economists have long suggested that the privatization of land is one to solution to the tragedy of the commons, we observe that drawing a parcel boundary in fact often creates commons and anticommons for concurrent (spatially overlapping) natural resources. The property law doctrine of...

In a novel real-effort setting, we experimentally study the effects of different communication media on creative performance in a collaborative tasks. We find that creative performance significantly decreases when group members communicate via chat instead of face-to-face. However, we find no...

Even though many people have found today's commonly used videoconferencing systems very useful, these systems do not provide support for one of the most important aspects of in-person meetings: the ad hoc, private conversations that happen before, after, and during the breaks of scheduled...

"Remote working and virtual business practices are now embedded in companies across all industries. Learn the best practices and skills needed to effectively manage your team with this guide to virtual leadership. Virtual Leadership offers straightforward and proven methods for developing...

Section 1.Getting Started:A Primer on True Flexibility: Prioritize company and employee needs equally /by Ellen Ernst Kossek, Patricia Gettings, and Kaumudi Misra --What Mix of WFH and Office Time Is Right for You?: Make decisions based on your productivity levels /by Robert C Pozen and...