FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS VIRTUAL TEAM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCES FROM PAKISTAN’S IT SECTOR Cover Image

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS VIRTUAL TEAM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCES FROM PAKISTAN’S IT SECTOR
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS VIRTUAL TEAM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCES FROM PAKISTAN’S IT SECTOR

Author(s): Khurram Shahzad, Rabia Rasheed, Ghulam Shabir, Lee Wen Chiat, Abou Bakar
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Global virtual team; virtual project; virtual team performance; IT sector;

Summary/Abstract: Virtual team possesses strong pursuit for business. Virtual team may be encircled quickly and is active in its working. Performance is having major significance in any corporate team. Working in a virtual group follows many difficulties. This research focuses on the evaluation of effectiveness of trust, communication, and adaptation of culture, technology and composition on virtual team performance in Pakistan’s IT sector. The study examined that by linking these factors with the performance of virtual team either enhancing or lessening it. Moreover, study uses positivism research philosophy because it prefers scientific quantitative methods, deductive research approach as it is narrower in nature and is concerned with testing or confirming hypotheses and survey strategy. The acquisition of data has been done by spreading self-managed survey questionnaire, developed utilizing a software facility available online by Google Inc. This study provides the basic guideline for the managers/administrators of virtual teams. It may enable them as how to enhance their role in increasing team performance thus smoothing their way towards achieving the target particularly with reference to IT professionals.

  • Issue Year: 64/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-23
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English