Collaborative Research: Examining E-leadership In Global Virtual Teams Through A Longitudinal Assessment Of The Formation Of Trust, Potency, Commitment And Performance In UNISYS

信息技术的进步为随时随地的互动提供了一个广阔的平台，为领导者在不同文化和环境中进行远程领导带来了重大挑战。然而，今天人们转发他们误解的电子通信故事或在他们与同事的关系中造成巨大痛苦的故事并不罕见。目前，还没有虚拟团队中的技术介导的领导协议。在UNISYS为期两年的实地研究中，我们将探索虚拟团队如何形成，发展信任，并带领自己达到更高的绩效水平。这项研究的独特之处在于，大多数关于虚拟团队的文献都忽略了领导力，这是团队绩效的基本驱动力之一。

Advances in information technology have provided a broad platform for anytime-anywhere interactions, creating significant challenges for leaders to lead at a distance and across diverse cultures and settings. Yet, it is not uncommon today for people to relay stories of electronic communication that they misinterpreted or that caused great distress in their relationships with fellow workers. Currently, there is no protocol for technology-mediated leadership in virtual teams. In this two-year field study at UNISYS, we will explore how virtual teams form, develop trust, and lead themselves to higher levels of performance. This study is unique in that most of the literature on virtual teams has ignored leadership, which is one of fundamental drivers of team performance.