Effect of a virtual project team environment on communication-related project risk

Knowledge management in the voluntary sector: a focus on sharing project know-how and expertise

“…For example, project-based organisations (Hobday, 2000;Thiry and Deguire, 2007) and project management offices (Desouza and Evaristo, 2006) have emerged in the conversations about the organisation of projects. Additionally, improved information and communication technologies have brought about the possibility of effective virtual project team working (Koh and Kim, 2004) and, in tandem, another series of challenges to overcome -with insufficient knowledge transfer being one of them (Reed and Knight, 2010).…”

Collaboration Capability in Virtual Teams: Examining the Influence on Diversity and Innovation

“…A large body of literature on team communication exists underscoring the importance of internal communication to the success of the team; however, an exploration into virtual collaboration is nascent (Badir et al, 2012;Piekkari and Tietze, 2011). Examining communication in this context is relevant given that virtual teams are affected by time zones, physical location, and cultural differences and thus more challenging to evaluate than collocated teams (Bjørn and Ngwenyama, 2009;Reed and Knight, 2010). Reed and Knight (2010) note that poor communication negatively impacts the sufficiency of knowledge transfer, posing risks for team performance.…”

“…Examining communication in this context is relevant given that virtual teams are affected by time zones, physical location, and cultural differences and thus more challenging to evaluate than collocated teams (Bjørn and Ngwenyama, 2009;Reed and Knight, 2010). Reed and Knight (2010) note that poor communication negatively impacts the sufficiency of knowledge transfer, posing risks for team performance. Bjørn and Ngwenyama (2009) also found that although virtual meetings have been identified to be crucial for the success of distributed teams, they could also lead to communication breakdowns under some circumstances such as language.…”

“…Bjørn and Ngwenyama (2009) also found that although virtual meetings have been identified to be crucial for the success of distributed teams, they could also lead to communication breakdowns under some circumstances such as language. Poor communication results in deterioration of the effectiveness of the team in building relationships and promoting efficient team coordination (Montoya et al, 2009) and is shown to be costly in terms of resources, frequently resulting in confusion and uncertainties that weaken the cohesion among the team members (Reed and Knight, 2010). Peters and Manz (2007) suggest that team members need to share their personal information by also sharing their visual images in order to build a sense of collaborative community, which will encourage deeper social interaction and relations within the virtual teams.…”

Advantages and disadvantages of international virtual project teams

“…A similar but shorter definition describes virtual teams as not co-located groups of people who use electronic communication to work together toward a shared goal [Jones, Oyung, Pace, 2005]. Team members are usually located in different cities, regions, and even countries [Reed, Knight, 2010] and responsible for different tasks, such as entering new foreign markets, launching new products, or conducting promotion campaigns [Bisbe, Sivabalan, 2017].…”