Chapter 1Understanding Team Dynamics in a Virtual Environment
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“Virtual teams must be especially conscious of their dynamics. Behavioral clues are spread out not only in space but usually over longer timeframes than they are with comparable collocated teams. Virtual teams need to design for this supercharged eventuality.
— Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, Virtual Teams: Reaching Across Space, Time and Organizations with Technology
For as long as two beings have worked together toward a common goal, teams have existed. For as long as companies and institutions have had multiple offices, virtual teams have existed. What has changed is the ease with which teams can communicate across space, time, and organizations (Lipnack and Stamps, 2000). ...
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