Introduction
Continuing developments of information technologies (IT) have led to the creation of new organizational forms that are flexible and responsive (Fulk and DeSanctis, 1995; Jarvenpaa and Ives, 1994). The virtual team represents an important example of these new organizational forms (Jarvenpaa and Ives, 1994). Virtual teams are groups of geographically, temporally, and/or organizationally dispersed knowledge workers brought together across time and space by way of information and communication technologies (DeSanctis and Poole, 1997; Jarvenpaa and Leidner, 1999; Lipnack and Stamps, 1997; Townsend et al., 1998). We limit our investigation to a class of virtual teams that has recently garnered considerable research attention. These are virtual teams that are assembled on an “as needed basis” in response to specific customer needs or to collaborate on unique projects (Iacono and Weisband, 1997; Jarvenpaa et al., 1998; Jarvenpaa and Leidner, 1999).
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Title: Virtual Teams
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