ABSTRACT

The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an ongoing phenomenon: Virtual Teams (VTs) are now a ubiquitous feature of organizations. This undeniable transformation of the way individuals and teams work brings challenges for vital team processes, including coordination, information exchange, and interpersonal relationships, as well as for many other fundamental aspects, such as leadership or emotional exchanges. Understanding the specificity of Virtual teams is the reason behind this Special Section. We aim at pushing research on virtual teams forward, by widening theoretical frameworks that explore the experience of teamworking virtually. In this editorial, we introduce the collected papers highlighting their contributions, and describe four avenues to shape future research on VTs, motivated by those papers.

摘要

当前的 COVID-19 大流行凸显了一个持续存在的现象：虚拟团队 (VT) 现在是组织的一个普遍特征。这种个人和团队工作方式不可否认的转变给重要的团队流程带来了挑战，包括协调、信息交换和人际关系，以及许多其他基本方面，如领导力或情感交流。了解虚拟团队的特殊性是这个特别部分背后的原因。我们的目标是通过拓宽探索虚拟团队合作经验的理论框架，推动对虚拟团队的研究。在这篇社论中，我们介绍了收集的论文，突出了他们的贡献，并描述了在这些论文的推动下塑造未来 VT 研究的四种途径。