Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams?

The COVID-19 pandemic was a key event forcing an increase in virtual work. Drawing on event system theory, we examined whether virtual teams showed enhanced processes in later stages of the pandemic compared to the early stages of the pandemic. We collected data from 54 virtual teams (N = 152 indivi...

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Main Authors: Klonek, Florian, Kanse, L., Wee, S., Runneboom, Cecilia, Parker, Sharon
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC 2022
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90878
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author Klonek, Florian
Kanse, L.
Wee, S.
Runneboom, Cecilia
Parker, Sharon
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Kanse, L.
Wee, S.
Runneboom, Cecilia
Parker, Sharon
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description The COVID-19 pandemic was a key event forcing an increase in virtual work. Drawing on event system theory, we examined whether virtual teams showed enhanced processes in later stages of the pandemic compared to the early stages of the pandemic. We collected data from 54 virtual teams (N = 152 individuals) who worked on a 30-minute task. We measured team processes and performance. Virtual teams during the post-transition phase (June–August 2020) showed better levels of team action processes and conflict management compared to teams working in the immediate transition phase (March–May 2020), indicative of an adaptation effect.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-908782023-05-08T02:52:00Z Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams? Klonek, Florian Kanse, L. Wee, S. Runneboom, Cecilia Parker, Sharon Social Sciences Psychology, Applied Management Psychology, Social Psychology Business & Economics COVID-19 virtual teams action processes interpersonal processes event system theory interdependence TASK INTERDEPENDENCE COMMUNICATION METAANALYSIS PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK DESIGN The COVID-19 pandemic was a key event forcing an increase in virtual work. Drawing on event system theory, we examined whether virtual teams showed enhanced processes in later stages of the pandemic compared to the early stages of the pandemic. We collected data from 54 virtual teams (N = 152 individuals) who worked on a 30-minute task. We measured team processes and performance. Virtual teams during the post-transition phase (June–August 2020) showed better levels of team action processes and conflict management compared to teams working in the immediate transition phase (March–May 2020), indicative of an adaptation effect. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90878 10.1177/10464964211008991 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC fulltext
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Psychology, Applied
Management
Psychology, Social
Psychology
Business & Economics
COVID-19
virtual teams
action processes
interpersonal processes
event system theory
interdependence
TASK INTERDEPENDENCE
COMMUNICATION
METAANALYSIS
PERFORMANCE
FRAMEWORK
DESIGN
Klonek, Florian
Kanse, L.
Wee, S.
Runneboom, Cecilia
Parker, Sharon
Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams?
title Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams?
title_full Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams?
title_fullStr Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams?
title_full_unstemmed Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams?
title_short Did the COVID-19 Lock-Down Make Us Better at Working in Virtual Teams?
title_sort did the covid-19 lock-down make us better at working in virtual teams?
topic Social Sciences
Psychology, Applied
Management
Psychology, Social
Psychology
Business & Economics
COVID-19
virtual teams
action processes
interpersonal processes
event system theory
interdependence
TASK INTERDEPENDENCE
COMMUNICATION
METAANALYSIS
PERFORMANCE
FRAMEWORK
DESIGN
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90878