1. By Rachel Bjerstedt

2. How do virtual teams contribute to
innovation?
 Virtual teams differ from traditional teams at least on two
characteristics:
 geographical dispersion
 technology-mediated communication
 Advantages of Virtual Teams
 increased productivity,
 better knowledge sharing and
 cost savings by using less office space.
 Disadvantages of Virtual Teams
 poor collaboration & distrust, increased stress,
 work-life imbalance
 technological problems.
(Leede. J., Kraan , K., Hengst, M., & van Hooff, M., 2008)

3. Types of Virtual Teams
 Networked Teams
 Parallel Teams
 Project or Product Development Teams
 Work, Functional, or Production Teams
 Service Teams
 Management Teams
 Action Teams
(Duarte, D., & Tennant Snyder, N., 2006)

4. Focus of Virtual Team Research
(Powell, Piccoli and Ives 2004)

5. Myth: Virtual Team Member don’t
Need Attention
 Performance Management & Coaching
 Develop team’s visions, mission, and strategy
 Negotiate accountabilities of Team Members
 Identify results oriented performance Measures
 Individual Performance & Coaching
 Provide Timely Feedback
 Interact on a Regular Basis
 Adapt to Cross-Cultural differences
(Duarte, D., & Tennant Snyder, N., 2006)

6. References
Leede. J., Kraan , K., Hengst, M., & van Hooff, M., (2008) Conditions for innovation
behaviour of virtual team members: a ‘high-road’ for internationally
dispersed virtual teams. The Journal of E-working. Pages 22-46, Vol 2,
retrieved from
http://www.inderscience.com/www/info/ijwi/art/tjew2103.pdf
Powell, Piccoli and Ives (2004) Virtual teams: a review of current literature and
directions for future research. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information
Systems - Winter Vol. 35, issue 1, 2004.) Retrieved from Wikimedia at
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Diagram_of_the_foc
us_of_virtual_team_research_%28Powell%2C_Piccoli_and_Ives%2C_2004%2
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Duarte, D., & Tennant Snyder, N., (2006) Mastering virtual teams: strategies, tools, and
techniques that succeed. 3rd Edition. Retrieved from Google Books at
http://books.google.com/books?id=e0DTT2DKOScC&lpg=PR10&ots=g3Jju7x
7xG&dq=types%20of%20virtual%20teams&lr&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=types
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