Examining the Effect of Boundary Spanning Technologies in Virtual Project Teams
Examining the Effect of Boundary Spanning Technologies in Virtual Project Teams
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检查跨界技术在虚拟项目团队中的效果
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2017
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Tripp Shealy
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Semra Comu;J. Taylor;C. Dossick;Josh Iorio;Anne Anderson;Tripp Shealy
克服虚拟协作的挑战可能需要不同的方法来实现绩效目标的虚拟团队的混合国籍的参与者相比，单一国籍的参与者的虚拟项目团队。许多研究人员研究了跨国项目参与者的合作方式，以维持有效的跨边界合作。然而，我们缺乏一个类似的微妙的理解网络的个人项目团队组成的混合国籍的参与者，利用虚拟协作环境和新的信息技术。在本文中，我们研究了边界跨越可视化技术（BSVT）的作用，以了解可能出现的差异，在跨国边界的混合国籍的参与者的虚拟团队。我们发现，BSVT在虚拟工作空间内使用更频繁的混合国籍的参与者的虚拟团队。我们还确定了有效的技术使用和项目参与者之间的紧密合作之间的正相关关系，通过网络密度来衡量。这些研究结果具有重要意义的跨国项目团队，利用虚拟环境中的建筑业的有效运作。
Overcoming the challenges of virtual collaboration may require different approaches to achieve performance objectives for virtual teams of mixed nationality participants as compared to virtual project teams of single nationality participants. Many researchers have examined the way multinational project participants collaborate in order to sustain effective collaboration across boundaries. However, we lack a similarly nuanced understanding of networks of individuals on project teams comprised of mixed nationality participants that utilize virtual collaboration environments and new information technologies. In this paper, we examine the role of Boundary Spanning Visualization Technologies (BSVTs) to understand differences that may emerge at the cross-national boundary in virtual teams of mixed nationality participants. We found that BSVTs within the virtual workspace were utilized more frequently by virtual teams of mixed nationality participants. We also identified a positive correlation between effective technology usage and cohesive collaboration among project participants measured by network density. These findings have important implications for the effective functioning of multinational project teams that utilize virtual environments in the construction industry.