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" Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z. in their recent (2009) literature review paper, added two key issues to definition of a virtual team “as small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/ or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization

We studied 80 software development teams from 28 labs worldwide (including labs in Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India and the United States). The labs varied in size (employing between 20 and 5,500 software developers), and each team contained up to nine members. Our research included those software development projects that were completed within 12 months prior to data collection. A total of 392 managers, team leaders and team members participated in the study, and data from multiple respondents were used to ensure the validity of results and to overcome common method bias.

al_e_ebrahim Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. November 2nd, 2011 at 11:59 am Thank you professor Frank Siebdrat for sharing your research findings. I do believe “Virtual teams will become as important as Web to companies” in near future. We have done a survey study and published a series of papers on “Virtual teams” and “ virtual R&D teams” which is available on http://ssrn.com/author=1379350 . All in all, we define a new definition for “virtual team” (virtual team “is small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/ or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks”[1]) and found the advantages of employing virtual teams is far from conventional teams. Nader Ale Ebrahim http://aleebrahim.com/Nader%20Ale%20Ebrahim.aspx [1]- Ale Ebrahim, N.; Ahmed, S.; Taha, Z. (December 2009). “Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review”. Scientific Research and Essay 4 (13): 1575–1590. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

Nader Ale Ebrahim on November 2, 2011 at 11:59 am said: Thank you professor Frank Siebdrat for sharing your research findings. I do believe “Virtual teams will become as important as Web to companies” in near future. We have done a survey study and published a series of papers on “Virtual teams” and “ virtual R&D teams” which is available on http://ssrn.com/author=1379350 . All in all, we define a new definition for “virtual team” (virtual team “is small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/ or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks”[1]) and found the advantages of employing virtual teams is far from conventional teams. Nader Ale Ebrahim http://aleebrahim.com/Nader%20Ale%20Ebrahim.aspx [1]- Ale Ebrahim, N.; Ahmed, S.; Taha, Z. (December 2009). “Virtual R & D teams in small and medium enterprises: A literature review”. Scientific Research and Essay 4 (13): 1575–1590. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

[edit] Virtual teamsDevelopments in communications technologies have seen the emergence of the virtual work team. A virtual team is a group of people who work interdependently and with shared purpose across space, time, and organisation boundaries using technology to communicate and collaborate. Virtual team members can be located across a country or across the world, rarely meet face-to-face, and include members from different cultures.[4] Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z. in their recent (2009) literature review paper, added two key issues to definition of a virtual team “as small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/ or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks”.[5] Many virtual teams are cross-functional and emphasis solving customer problems or generating new work processes. The United States Labour Department reported that in 2001, 19 million people worked from home online or from another location, and that by the end of 2002, over 100 million people world-wide would be working outside traditional offices.[6]

E-collaboration Technologies and Organizational Performance: Current and Future Trends

Organizations rely on collaboration in order to survive and grow in today’s globalized world. This expansive collection of 19 titles covers topics such as distributed teams, virtual communities, the collaborative Web, trust in virtual environments, and much more, making it an ideal resource for academics and professionals with an interest in the use of technology to coordinate the efforts of individuals and accomplish an organization’s goals.

Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z. in their recent (2009) literature review paper, added two key issues to definition of a virtual team “as small temporary groups of geographically, organizationally and/ or time dispersed knowledge workers who coordinate their work predominantly with electronic information and communication technologies in order to accomplish one or more organization tasks”lt;/ref>

Benefits and Pitfalls of Virtual R&D Teams: An Empirical Study 下载全文 Abstract:In this paper, advantages and drawbacks of virtual teams in research and development (R&D) are studied. With the globalization of commercial practices and advances in information and communication technologies, increasing numbers of enterprises are establishing cross-functional, geographically distributed virtual teams. Virtual teams in R&D are designed to access external resources and knowledge to maximize the competitive advantage from limited labor and resources. A survey has been conducted on 210 Malaysian and Iranian manufacturing companies, aimed to investigate the characteristics of R&D collaborations and extract the main advantages/disadvantages ’ factors of virtual teams. These factors can be a guide line for R&D manager to achieve better performance of virtual teams. Author: Nader Ale Ebrahim Shamsuddin Ahmed Zahari Taha Year:2010 Source:IN: 6TH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (ICTM 2010) Volume-OnPage: Keyword: 相似文献 [1] Bai Zi-li Liu Chang-you Li Hui-ya Empirical study on the R&D spillover effect among regional industries[2] Zhou Zhengzhu An empirical study of the external motivation about R&D outsourcing[3] Bin-Feng Chai Empirical study on the relationship between R&D investment, capital structure, and firm size of China private listed Companies[4] Wei, Li Gen-dao, Li Functioning of co-opetition on the R&D efficiency and productivity growth: An empirical study of Chinese pharmaceutical companies[5] Qiang He Song Chen Jian Zhang An empirical study of board education's distribution and R&D expenditure from listed manufacturing firms in China[6] Zhu, Jie Chen, Shuang Lu, Qiang Measuring member performance in multi-functional R&D teams: an empirical study with GAHP analysis[7] Ziqi Liao Greenfield, P.F. Corporate R&D strategy portfolio in Japanese and Australian technology-based firms: an empirical study[8] Nader Ale Ebrahim Shamsuddin Ahmed Zahari Taha Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs[9] Li Yinsheng Hu Baomin Zhang Die An empirical research on R&D investment and economic growth[10] Ureyen, R. Meydanli, I.I. Koksaldi, S. Reorganization of an industrial R&D center: a case study

Ebrahim, A. N., Ahmed, S., & Taha, Z. (2009). Virtual teams: a literature review. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 3(3), 2653–2669.