Leadership Processes in Virtual Teams and Organizations

Virtual teams face different challenges in creating effective leadership processes than self-managing teams working together in the same physical location. Although it is clear that technology is revolutionizing the way organizations are structured to include more virtual or temporary team structures, little is known about how team dynamics may differ in this new boundaryless environment. This examination of leadership processes and self-leadership in virtual teams builds on what is known about team dynamics in self-managing teams and explores how new communications technologies and new organizational forms are creating new managerial and self-leadership challenges stemming from the unique needs of virtual organizations.

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