Virtual teams versus face to face teams: A review of literature

Gera, Shikha

doi:10.9790/487x-1120104

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“…Emotional intelligence is an important factor in team performance among face-to-face teams and virtual teams (Druskat & Wolff, 2001; George, 2002; Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2002; Jordan & Lawrence, 2009; Pitts, Wright, & Harkabus, 2012; Gera, 2013). Applied to teams and team members, the SOAR framework of dialogue-based strategic thinking emphasizing strengths, opportunities, aspirations and results is closely linked to emotional intelligence abilities (Stavros & Wooten, 2012; Stavros & Cole, 2015).…”

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“…With globalization, the multicultural work group, or team, comprised of diverse members from different national backgrounds and cultures working together on a common purpose is fast becoming the norm within the organization (Cohen & Bailey, 1997; Earley & Mosakowski, 2000; Yukl, 2013). The growth of electronic communication capabilities is supporting virtual teamwork by multicultural teams comprised of members working across locational, temporal, and relational boundaries on a common purpose (Ebrahim, Ahmed, & Taha, 2009; Gera, 2013). As organizations increase their reliance on face-to-face and virtual teams for their future success, organizational leaders are concerned with enhancing the effectiveness of their teams (Florida & Goodnight, 2005).…”

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Building collaboration in teams through emotional intelligence: Mediation by SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results)

Cole

Cox

Stavros

2016

Journal of Management & Organization

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In today’s global business environment teams are fast becoming the norm. Collaboration is an essential factor in leveraging team effectiveness, and organizations are looking for strategies to increase collaboration among their teams. In this study, we administered an eSurvey to 308 professionals working in face-to-face and virtual teams to investigate emotional intelligence and strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results as strategies to support the collaborative process. Results found the regression of collaboration on emotional intelligence (controlling for age, ethnicity, and education) was significant (p<.01). Results also found a significant indirect effect between emotional intelligence and collaboration as mediated by strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results (β=0.110,Z=2.444). We focus on understanding the effect of emotional intelligence on team collaboration as mediated by strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results. Recommendations are provided for increasing emotional intelligence and strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results among team members. Our research has important implications for teams and their pervasive use in business.

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Building collaboration in teams through emotional intelligence: Mediation by SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results)

Cole

Cox

Stavros

2016

Journal of Management & Organization

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“…The passive and aggressive style in virtual teams may create conflicts and less satisfaction, resulting in a worse decision making. In this sense, sucessful virtual teams are those which promote collaboration, confidence and cohesion among members (Gera, 2013).…”

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Tools for Online Collaboration: Do they contribute to Improve Teamwork?

Lopes¹,

Oliveira²,

Costa³

2015

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“…VR necessitates full immersion for users to have bolstered sensation of the real world in VR [ 30 ]. However, full immersion also removes the face-to-face communication that contributes significantly to team productivity [ 31 ], moderation of team empowerment [ 32 ], knowledge transfer [ 33 ], and promotion of innovative solutions [ 34 , 35 ]. With limited knowledge existing on the influence of VR in collaboration, current VR development for medicine lacks emphasis on multiuser collaborative environments.…”

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A Novel Virtual Reality Medical Image Display System for Group Discussions of Congenital Heart Disease: Development and Usability Testing

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Background The complex 3-dimensional (3D) nature of anatomical abnormalities in congenital heart disease (CHD) necessitates multidisciplinary group discussions centered around the review of medical images such as magnetic resonance imaging. Currently, group viewings of medical images are constrained to 2-dimensional (2D) cross-sectional displays of 3D scans. However, 2D display methods could introduce additional challenges since they require physicians to accurately reconstruct the images mentally into 3D anatomies for diagnosis, staging, and planning of surgery or other therapies. Virtual reality (VR) software may enhance diagnosis and care of CHD via 3D visualization of medical images. Yet, present-day VR developments for medicine lack the emphasis on multiuser collaborative environments, and the effect of displays and level of immersion for diagnosing CHDs have not been studied. Objective The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracies and preferences of various display systems, including the conventional 2D display and a novel group VR software, in group discussions of CHD. Methods A total of 22 medical trainees consisting of 1 first-year, 10 second-year, 4 third-year, and 1 fourth-year residents and 6 medical students, who volunteered for the study, were formed into groups of 4 to 5 participants. Each group discussed three diagnostic cases of CHD with varying structural complexity using conventional 2D display and group VR software. A group VR software, Cardiac Review 3D, was developed by our team using the Unity engine. By using different display hardware, VR was classified into nonimmersive and full-immersive settings. The discussion time, diagnostic accuracy score, and peer assessment were collected to capture the group and individual diagnostic performances. The diagnostic accuracies for each participant were scored by two experienced cardiologists following a predetermined answer rubric. At the end of the study, all participants were provided a survey to rank their preferences of the display systems for performing group medical discussions. Results Diagnostic accuracies were highest when groups used the full-immersive VR compared with the conventional and nonimmersive VR (χ22=9.0, P=.01) displays. Differences between the display systems were more prominent with increasing case complexity (χ22=14.1, P<.001) where full-immersive VR had accuracy scores that were 54.49% and 146.82% higher than conventional and nonimmersive VR, respectively. The diagnostic accuracies provided by the two cardiologists for each participant did not statistically differ from each other (t=–1.01, P=.31). The full-immersive VR was ranked as the most preferred display for performing group CHD discussions by 68% of the participants. Conclusions The most preferred display system among medical trainees for visualizing medical images during group diagnostic discussions is full-immersive VR, with a trend toward improved diagnostic accuracy in complex anatomical abnormalities. Immersion is a crucial feature of displays of medical images for diagnostic accuracy in collaborative discussions.

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Virtual teams versus face to face teams: A review of literature

Cited by 22 publications

References 21 publications

Building collaboration in teams through emotional intelligence: Mediation by SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results)

Building collaboration in teams through emotional intelligence: Mediation by SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results)

Tools for Online Collaboration: Do they contribute to Improve Teamwork?

A Novel Virtual Reality Medical Image Display System for Group Discussions of Congenital Heart Disease: Development and Usability Testing

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