Sociocultural Learning in Globally Distributed Teams: An Exploratory Study

Abstract

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The Reflexivity between ICTs and Business Culture: Applying

“…And third, Hofstede's framework explicitly links national cultural values to communication practices and communication practices using ICTs are central to our study (Merchant, 2002;Samovar, Porter, & Jain, 1981;Stohl, 2001). Furthermore, Hofstede's work and conceptualization of culture has been used by many researchers to explain the role of communication using ICTs in the workplace (e.g., Cagiltay, 1999;Dafoulas & Macaulay, 2001;Kim & Bonk, 2002;Rathod & Miranda 1999;Straub et al, 2002;Vogel, Davison, Shroff & Qureshi, 2001). …”

Interculturality and Virtual Teams in IT Offshoring Context: A Social Regulation Theory Perspective

“…Individuals develop their behaviors in function of their modeled behaviors, environment and their personal factors [71]. In the literature on distributed and virtual teams, the concept of "observational learning" was rarely studied [73,74]. In the context of virtuality, observational learning refers to the analysis of team e-communication and e-interactions [73].…”

“…In the context of virtuality, observational learning refers to the analysis of team e-communication and e-interactions [73]. In the context of an offshored team we operationalize observational learning as members' modeling, interpreting Interculturality and Virtual Teams in IT Offshoring Context 7 and imitating others' behaviors to construct knowledge about themselves and about others [74]. These actions aim at using existing cultural diversity to improve collaboration among team members.…”

Leveling Differences and Reinforcing Similarities: The Interaction between Information and Communication Technologies and National Culture

“…Second, his research and arguments are compelling to organizational researchers, because even before empirical testing, links can be seen between his four dimensions and many aspects of international organizational behavior (Sackman, 1997 (Samovar, 1981;Stohl, 2001;Merchant, 2002). Furthermore, Hofstede's work and conceptualization of culture have been used by many researchers in their attempt to explain the role of ICTs in the workplace (e.g., Dafoulas & Macaulay, 2001;Vogel, Davison, Shroff & Qureshi, 2001;Straub et al, 2002;Rathod & Miranda 1999;Cagiltay, 1999).…”