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My time or yours? Managing time visions in global virtual teams

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Executive Overview Advances in technology and group-collaboration software have promoted the use of Global Virtual Teams (GVTs). Because of these and other developments, managers face an increasingly diverse cultural landscape. Differences in GVT members' perceptions of time, or time visions, subtly influence the team's dynamics and performance. Time visions must be managed in order for the full potential of the GVT to be realized. This article explores the different dimensions that are typically employed when defining time. These dimensions are then combined to form four examples of cultural time visions. Three major problems associated with differing time visions in GVTs are identified, and approaches for dealing with these problems in multicultural GVTs are suggested.

Source: Academy of Management Perspectives

DOI: 10.5465/ame.2004.12691177

Authors: Carol Saunders, Craig Van Slyke, Douglas R. Vogel

Language: English

Topic: Team Dynamics and Performance

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, National University of Singapore, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

OpenAlex ID: W2160793147

FWCI: 13.47

Cites: 32

Cited by: 213

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