"The increasing global nature of IT projects and the virtual nature of project teams create numerous challenges for managers to effectively manage communication, and place a risk on project execution. But what exactly are these challenges? And how do Project Managers from IT organisation respond to these challenges? The aim of this dissertation will be to address these questions. In providing answers to these questions, we can then see to what extent current project management is effective in overcoming these challenges and to suggest recommendations for the cases in which management fails. This thesis includes qualitative research by providing a case-study of an Irish IT organisation that has a globally distributed work-force. The research focuses on the insights of Project Managers who each have a wealth of experience in dealing with the issues at hand. As a counterbalance, this study therefore includes observational research to objectively evaluate the day to day reality of virtual teams in global projects. However, even though a lot of communication management challenges are recognised by Project Managers, it seems that a clearly explicated communication plan is often lacking. To address this problem, this research attempts to synthesise the main strategies into a unified strategy. The major contribution from this research is to provide an in-depth theory about communication management within virtual teams in global projects. Author keywords: Communication, virtual team, management, global project"

"The role of knowledge-oriented leadership in knowledge management practices and innovation"

"The interactive influences of conflict, task interdependence, and cooperation on perceptions of virtualness in co-located teams."

"The Cloud-Based Supply Chain for Re-Configuring Value Network by Using a Hybrid MCDM Framework"

"THE MODERATING EFFEC TS OF CONTEXTUAL FAC TORS ON A BUYER'S TRUST I N E - COMMERCE PLATFORMS A ND SELLERS Xiayu Chen , USTC - CityU Joint Advanced Research Center, University of Science and Technology of China, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, cxy1023@mail.ustc.edu.cn Qian Huang, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, China, huangq@ustc.edu.cn Davison Robert , College of Business, Cit y University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, isrobert@cityu.edu.hk Zhongsheng Hua, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, China, zshua@ustc.edu.cn Abstract Drawing on trust transfer theory an d signal theory, we investigate how perceived effectiveness of e - commerce institutional mechanisms (PEEIM) and perceived website quality of the seller (PWQS) moderate the relationship s between trust in platform, trust in seller and purchase intention in th e context of Consumer to Consumer ( C2C ) platforms. To test our proposed model, we surveyed 224 buyers of TaoBao, a major Chinese C2C portal. The results indicate that PEEIM has no effect on the relationship between trust in platform and trust in seller, ye t it positively moderates the relationship between trust in seller and purchase intention. In addition, PWQS positively moderates the relationship between trust in platform and trust in seller, but negatively moderates the relationship between trust in sel ler and purchase intention. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed. Keywords: Trust, Platform, Seller, Purchase intention, E - commerce institutional mechanisms, Website quality. "