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The significance and managerial challenges of virtual teamworking

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  • Al Zain Nora-Labiba
  • Vasilache Simona
  • Incze Cynthia Bianka

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania)

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Living in a world where technology has evolved in an alarming pace, the working structures have become more diverse adapting to this trend, and giving birth to virtual teams, thanks to the ITC tools that have broken the physical boundaries, allowing coworkers to connect from all corners of the world and construct together. The aim of the article is to enrich the effectiveness of virtual teams but also acknowledge the difficulties they may run into throughout their project completions. Mixed methodology was chosen for the study case, having the Romanian Tourism Heritage Federation members as the sample of the survey. The quantitative method was used to quantify the data offered by the surveyed candidates and offer a deeper insight, by collecting data regarding certain aspects of the candidate such as: age, education and experience level, online “literacy”, size and role of the team member etc. and presented in a well-structured figure table. Whereas, the qualitative method concentrated on obtaining beneficial data regarding aspects as: cultural and technological barriers, trust and team commitment barriers along with social interaction ones, as well as leadership and team dynamics perspective. The findings of the research were gathered, interpreted and presented briefly, giving a comprehensive image of the “virtual team” nowadays, facing both fruitful and challenging traces in their working style.

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  • Al Zain Nora-Labiba & Vasilache Simona & Incze Cynthia Bianka, 2018. "The significance and managerial challenges of virtual teamworking," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 12(1), pages 25-33, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:poicbe:v:12:y:2018:i:1:p:25-33:n:3
    DOI: 10.2478/picbe-2018-0004
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