Trust, Virtual Teams, and Grid Technology

Flexible and remote working is becoming more and more widespread. In particular, virtual team working is growing rapidly. Although virtual teams have attracted the attention of many researchers, until recently little investigation had been carried out specifically on what impact trust – a key element in favouring cooperation among team members – has on the performance of such teams. In the authors’ opinion Grid computing, through the collaborative nature of the technologies employed, provides an opportunity to build trust through the sharing of common resources and the enabling of rich communications.