Emergent psychological states in global virtual teams: a mediating role of task-related information and perspectives elaboration

  • Authors:

  • Kwanghyun Kim

  • Affiliations:

  • Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Intercultural collaboration
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This research explores the effectiveness of global virtual teams, whereby geographically and temporally dispersed team members connect through various communication media, to achieve their common goals. The study proposes some emergent psychological states (i.e., psychological safety, team identification, team empowerment) as important predictors of global virtual team effectiveness. In exploring the relationships, it also considers "task-relevant information and perspectives elaboration" as an underlying mechanism. Additionally, boundary conditions, such as richness of communication media, language diversity, and task interdependence, are moderators in the model.