A meta-analysis of the consequences of virtualness on team functioning
A meta-analysis of the consequences of virtualness on team functioning
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DOI：
10.1016/j.im.2012.08.003
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发表时间：
2012-10-01
影响因子：
9.9
通讯作者：
Staples, D. Sandy
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作者：
de Guinea, Ana Ortiz;Webster, Jane;Staples, D. Sandy
组织中的虚拟团队现在已经成为现实，但只有少数关于“虚拟性”的定量评论（即，或多或少是虚拟的）。我们决定对虚拟性对团队运作（冲突、沟通频率、知识共享、绩效和满意度）的影响进行元分析。为了解释发表的材料对这个主题的结果不一致，我们还研究了分析水平（个人/组），方法（实验/调查）和时间范围（短/长）的调节作用。发现了80项研究，涵盖了这一领域的一部分。结果似乎不同的因素的相对重要性。因此，虽然聚合的研究结果表明虚拟对团队运作的负面影响，结果不同的强度和方向的主持人，这是不可能的概括。例如，负面影响只适用于短期团队，而在长期团队中，影响减弱或消失。(C)2012 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
Virtual teams in organizations have now become a reality, but there have been only a handful of quantitative reviews on "virtualness" (i.e., teams that are more or less virtual). We decided to conduct a meta-analytic review of the effects of virtualness on team functioning (conflict, communication frequency, knowledge sharing, performance, and satisfaction). To explain inconsistencies in the results of published material on the topic, we also examined the moderating effects of level of analysis (individual/group), method (experiment/survey), and time frame (short/long). Eighty studies were found that covered some part of this domain. Results seem to differ in the relative importance of the factors. Thus though aggregated findings suggested negative effects of virtualness on team functioning, results varied in strength and direction of the moderators, indicating that it was not possible to generalize. For example, the negative effects held only for short-term teams, while in longer-term teams the effects weakened or disappeared. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.