虚拟团队的内涵及其研究的方向和方法问题探析

Discussions Virtual Teams and Directions for Future Research

可以将虚拟团队理解为成员在跨越位置的、时间的和关系的界限进行工作时,在不同程度上使用技术以完成相互依赖任务的团队。近年来西方学者对虚拟团队研究兴趣大增,他们认识到更多的团队是进行虚拟工作的,一定程度的虚拟性是大多数团队的组成部分。学者们现在仅仅开始着手理解虚拟团队是怎样运转的,为了方便这种团队的设计和管理,还有许多工作要做。

Integrating the traditional and newer definitions, we define VTs as teams whose members use technology to vary degrees in their works across locational, temporal, and relational boundaries to accomplish an interdependent task. The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the research of VTs, with the realization that more teams are working virtually and some degree of virtualness is a component of most teams. Researchers are only now beginning to understand how VTs function, and much work remains to be done in order to facilitate the design and management of such teams.