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The X-culture handbook of collaboration and problem solving in global virtual teams /

According to a 2018 survey, 89 percent of "white-collar" workers at least occasionally work as members of global virtual teams. The percentage has likely increased during the COVID-19 pandemic as bans on international travel and the shifts to telework prompted more online collaboration. Co...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Taras, Vas (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Greensboro, N.C. : UNC Greensboro University Libraries, [2022].
Subjects:
Virtual work teams > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Virtual work teams > Management > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Group problem solving > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Intercultural communication > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • A brief history of global virtual teams / Susan Godar and Stefaan Van Ryssen
  • Foundations of global virtual teams / Lei Weng Si
  • Theories of virtual teams, international teams, and global virtual collaboration / Serdar Karabati
  • How working in teams is different from working alone / William H. A. Johnson
  • Communication in GVTs / Ana Maria Soares
  • Free-riders in GVTs / Vas Taras
  • Culture, cross-cultural differences and cross-cultural conflicts / Swati Dhir and Mamata Mohapatra
  • Focusing on culture in X-culture : cross-cultural differences and conflicts in global virtual teams / Daria Panina
  • Intercultural challenges in virtual teams / Robert Warmenhoven and Floretin Popescu
  • Dealing with ethocentrism in global virtual teams / Ernesto Tavoletti and Nataliia Kochkina
  • Global academic virtual teams versus corporate virtual teams / Betty Jane Punnett, Bella L. Galperin, Terri R. Lituchy, Lemayon L. Melyoki, Thomas Anyanje Senaji and Ali Taleb
  • The role of cultural values in global virtual teams : Chinese culture as an example / Ding-Yu Jiang and Chia-Hua (Demi) Lin
  • Managing international teams : how to address the challenges and realize the benefits of national diversity in a team / Marketa Rickley
  • Good coaching could change the game : how GVTs could be coached effectively / Abdulrahman Chikhouni and April Beaurivage
  • Known problems in GVTs and best ways to address them : the X-cultural experience / Vas Taras
  • The art of effective feedback / Vas Taras
  • Global virtual team counseling / Vas Taras
  • Organizing and leading instructional webinars / Vas Taras
  • Principles of crowdsourcing and problem solving in large groups / Vas Taras
  • Dealing with student aversion to team projects / Susan Godar
  • Preparing students for the global-virtual-team based projects / Karen Lynden and Tim Muth
  • Grading student work in team-based experiential projects / Daria Panina
  • Using GVT-based projects in the pre-college curriculum / Oleh Leskiv
  • Preparing and guiding students through the experience of global virtual teams / Sherry Andre
  • Online collaboration and communication tools / Rafael Tamashiro and Lyaonne Maspeo
  • Virtual international teams, global virtual collaboration and dealing with student aversion to team-based projects / Emil Velinov and Tiit Elenurm.