Strategies for building effective virtual teams: Trust is key

Robert C. Ford, Ronald F. Piccolo and Loren R. Ford

Business Horizons, 2017, vol. 60, issue 1, 25-34

Abstract: The impressive growth in web-mediated organizational relationships has created an escalating interest in how to manage virtual teams successfully. As organizations increasingly expect their managers to lead employees in these online groupings, it becomes imperative to identify and train them in the skills to do this effectively. The purpose of this article is to organize and present strategies that organizations have found successful in helping their managers lead virtual teams. While all successful managers must ensure that they have provided the basic organizational support for their employees, especially effective leaders also ensure they build trustworthy relationships. Thus, we emphasize how each strategy contributes to building and sustaining a climate of trust in virtual teams.

Keywords: Virtual teams; Team leadership; Leadership strategies; Computer-mediated communication; Virtual supervisor; Group dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2016.08.009

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