Shachaf, Pnina and Hara, Noriko . Team Effectiveness in Virtual Environments: An Ecological Approach., 2005 In: Teaching and Learning with Virtual Teams. Idea Group Publishing, pp. 83-108. [Book chapter]
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This chapter attempts to address the need for more research on virtual team effectiveness and outlines an ecological theoretical framework that is applicable to virtual learning environments (VLE). Prior empirical studies on virtual team effectiveness used frameworks of traditional team effectiveness and mainly followed Hackman's normative model (input-process-output). We propose an ecological approach for virtual team effectiveness that accounts for team boundaries management, technology use, and external environment in VLE, properties which were previously either non-existent or contextual. The ecological framework suggests that three components, external environment, internal environment, and boundary management, reciprocally interact with effectiveness. The significance of the proposed framework is a holistic perspective that takes into account the complexity of the external and internal environment of the team. Furthermore, we address the needs for new pedagogical approaches in VLE.
Item type: | Book chapter |
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Keywords: | virtual team, effectiveness, virtual learning environments, ecological framework |
Subjects: | F. Management. > FA. Co-operation. |
Depositing user: | Pnina Shachaf |
Date deposited: | 24 Oct 2008 |
Last modified: | 02 Oct 2014 12:13 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/12419 |
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