40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07) Big Island, Hawaii January 03-January 06 ISBN: 0-7695-2755-8
For several decades organizational researchers have explored the practice of using electronic technology to communicate when team members work physically apart from each other. Yet despite a growing body of research in the areas of telework and virtual teams, findings regarding the antecedents and outcomes of virtual work have often been inconsistent and many questions remain [1, 2]. One possible reason for the equivocality of findings regarding this practice is the lack of a common definition and method of measuring virtual work. The purpose of this paper is to present a definition and measure of virtual work that can capture the practice in a variety of settings. I integrate work from studies on telework and virtual teams to present a new definition of virtual work. I propose using social network analysis as a tool to measure virtual work scope, an individual?s level of virtual work practice in teams.
Citation:
Priscilla Arling, "Redefining and Measuring Virtual Work in Teams: An Application of Social Network Analysis," hicss, pp.42b, 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||