Virtual and Collaborative Teams: Process, Technologies and Practice

By Susan Hayes Godar

Book Overview

Virtual and Collaborative Teams is of importance to practitioners and researchers because it brings together in a single accessible source, a variety of current research and practice on the subject of virtual and collaborative teams. Geographic distance, technology, lack of social presence, lack of adequate training and lack of instructional resources are just some of the unique challenges faced by virtual teams. This book is a unique resource in that it provides a variety of research and practice from a wide range of disciplines, nationally and internationally. The essays blends theory and practice, encompassing quantitative and qualitative research, case studies, interview research and theoretical models.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591402042
• ISBN13: 9781591402046
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Virtually everything about virtual teams

Godar and Ferris have assembled an impressive list of contributors, spanning both the academic and corporate worlds. Their book is very readable and contributes much to this emerging topic of virtual teams.

Virtual Team Guide

This book was a great combination of research, theory, and appliction that would be suitable classroom text, guidebook for managers of virtual teams, or resource for research. The mix of writing styles and sections devoted to specific issues is helpful and gives the book an expanded audience. Some previous knowledge of team management and of issues connected with virtual meeting practices would make this book the most useful.