Today's virtual teams: Adapting lessons learned to the pandemic context
Today's virtual teams: Adapting lessons learned to the pandemic context
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DOI：
10.1016/j.orgdyn.2020.100777
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发表时间：
2021-04-02
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通讯作者：
Salas, Eduardo
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作者：
Feitosa, Jennifer;Salas, Eduardo
今天的虚拟团队：使学到的经验教训适应大流行的背景醒来，从床上滚起来。不用换睡衣了。煮一杯特别浓的咖啡。给孩子们换尿布，准备好早餐。把垃圾拿出去。检查你的日历，确保你可以先浏览新闻。在查看LinkedIn时，另一个被解雇的同事的状态更新。将您的缩放背景更改为有趣的内容，因为您的第一次会议只是与您的小团队进行登记。静音你的麦克风，因为你的狗开始吠叫。取消静音以提供一些信息，表明您仍处于连接状态。停止你的视频，这样你就可以回答你孩子的数学问题。最后，开始整理你长长的邮件列表，以避免回复不必要的邮件。你已经得到了最紧迫的电子邮件的方式和视频会议结束。哦，我的天啊！你的下一个会议还有30分钟。也许该洗澡了哇哦！哇哦！现在才10点15分又是漫长的一天。这是一个典型的开始，你现在的虚拟团队成员的一天。COVID-19极大地改变了组织、家庭动态和团队合作。根据盖洛普的数据，到4月的第一周，远程工作的美国人从今年年初的3.4%的兼职员工跃升至现在的43%的全职员工。我们还能应用我们对虚拟团队的了解吗？大概不会研究人员强调了普通虚拟团队面临的五个主要挑战。考虑到目前的情况，我们将重新审视这些最初的挑战，将它们置于背景中，以帮助管理人员更好地驾驭这些前所未有的时代。表1总结了这些要点，同时为管理人员提供了在这些情况下的行动项目。
Today’s virtual teams: Adapting lessons learned to the Pandemic context Wake up, roll out of bed. No need to change from your pajamas. Make an extra strong coffee. Change the kids and get breakfast ready. Take the trash out. Check your calendar to make sure you can first skim the news. While checking LinkedIn, another status update from a colleague that has been furloughed. Change your Zoom background to something fun since your first meeting is just a check-in with your small team. Mute your microphone because your dog starts barking. Unmute to provide some insight to show you are still connected. Stop your video, so you can answer your kid’s math question. Finally, start going down your long list of emails, in order, to avoid answering unnecessary emails. You have got the most pressing emails out of the way and the video conference ended. Oh! Your next meeting is not for another 30 minutes. Maybe it’s time to shower. Wow! It’s only 10: 15am. Another long day ahead. This is a typical start to the day of your now virtual team member. COVID-19 has dramatically changed organizations, family dynamics, and teamwork. According to Gallup, the number of Americans working remotely jumped from 3.4% who were part-time in the beginning of this year to now 43% full-time remote workers, all by the first week of April. Can we still apply what we know about virtual teams? Probably not. Researchers have highlighted five main challenges that ordinary virtual teams face. Considering the current situation, we will revisit these original challenges to contextualize them with the goal of helping managers better navigate these unprecedented times. Table 1 summarizes these takeaways while providing action items for managers under these circumstances.