In this paper, we develop an understanding of how collaboration is possible among virtual team-members spread across the globe in time and space. We do so by interpretively examining communication patterns of virtual team- members located in the US & Norway, engaged in systems development projects for actual clients. A number of collaboration inhibitors are identified, along with strategies used by team-members to bridge the time-space divide.
Index Terms:
virtual team, cross-cultural, virtual ethnography, time, space, systems development
Citation:
S. Sarker, S. Sahay, "Information Systems Development by US-Norwegian Virtual Teams: Implications of Time and Space," hicss, vol. 1, pp.18, 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'02)-Volume 1, 2002