Conflict Management

“Global virtual teams are teams whose members share a common purpose and are located in at least two different countries.” – Jarvenpaa, et al. (2000)

“Global virtual teams are technology mediated groups of people in various places around the world that work together on common tasks.”  – Hardin et al (2007)

“Global virtual teams are culturally diverse, involve two or more nations, work across temporal and physical distance, are interdependent, and rely on technology mediated communication” – Baba, et al 2004)

“Global virtual team to be a temporary, culturally diverse, geographically dispersed, electronically communicating work group.”-  Kristof et al. (1995)

“A global virtual team is an example of a boundary less network organization form where a temporary team is assembled on an as-needed basis for the duration of a task and staffed by members from different countries.” Jarvenpaa et al. (1998)

“Global virtual teams embraces the concept that team members can engage in and deliver projects with limited or no direct physical interaction with other members, allowing multinational enterprises to draw on the widest talent pool available among their global employee base” – Lexicon

“Global virtual teams are internationally distributed groups of people with an organizational mandate to make or implement decisions with international components and implications”- Mazneski et al. (2000)