ABSTRACT Distributed team arrangements are becoming “the new normal”. The present study considers the evolution of electronic commerce into an area where operational interaction and coordination of work occurs when previously only commerce occurred. As more teams are moving online, the need to understand the conditions supporting team coordination is becoming increasingly prevalent. By examining the moderating roles of initiated and received task interdependence on the relationship between perceptions of self-management and coordination in distributed teams, we aim to advance research in the area of e-commerce and benefit distributed teams in current and future practice. Results based on a survey of 101 professionals working in distributed teams indicate that the level of team self-management is positively related to perceived coordination when the level of initiated task interdependence within a team is high, as well as when the level of received task interdependence is low. These findings further indicate that initiated and received team task interdependence represent difference team coupling structures that can enable or hinder team coordination. Theoretical and practical implications for the boundary conditions to sustain coordination in self-managing teams are discussed.

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自主但相互依赖：分布式团队协调中发起和接收任务相互依赖的作用

摘要 分布式团队安排正在成为“新常态”。本研究考虑了电子商务的演变，在以前只有商业发生的情况下，出现了操作交互和工作协调的领域。随着越来越多的团队转向在线，了解支持团队协调的条件的需求变得越来越普遍。通过检查发起和接收的任务相互依赖对分布式团队中自我管理和协调感知之间关系的调节作用，我们旨在推进电子商务领域的研究，并使分布式团队在当前和未来的实践中受益。对 101 名在分布式团队中工作的专业人员的调查结果表明，当团队内发起的任务相互依赖程度高时，以及当接受任务的相互依赖程度高时，团队自我管理水平与感知协调呈正相关低。这些发现进一步表明，发起和接受的团队任务相互依赖代表了不同的团队耦合结构，可以启用或阻碍团队协调。讨论了边界条件在自我管理团队中维持协调的理论和实践意义。这些发现进一步表明，发起和接受的团队任务相互依赖代表了不同的团队耦合结构，可以启用或阻碍团队协调。讨论了边界条件在自我管理团队中维持协调的理论和实践意义。这些发现进一步表明，发起和接受的团队任务相互依赖代表了不同的团队耦合结构，可以启用或阻碍团队协调。讨论了边界条件在自我管理团队中维持协调的理论和实践意义。