Date of Award

6-10-2015

Document Type

Open Access Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL)

Department

Leadership

First Advisor

Alan Tuchtenhagen

Abstract

This paper examines the challenges associated with communications in virtual teams. Specifically, the study reviews challenges of selection and utilization of commuications media for use in a virtual setting. From their early inception in the 1990s, virtual teams have undergone and continue to experience significant changes. The major factors in those changes are techonolgy development in communication and the globalization of business. The advances on communication technology combined with reduced costs of those technologies have allowed more organizations to utlize virtual teams. Lacking face-to-face contact, virtual team leaders must rely on computer-mediated communication to train, develop, and motivate team members. Further, the technology a virtual team leader uses today will likely be replaced or updated during his/her tenure. The conclusion of ths paper offers a selection and management process for communications media in virtual teams.

Identifier

SC 11.MAL.2015.Ross.R

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