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Investigating the interaction of team virtuality, cultural diversity and team member adaptivity in relation to perceived subgroup formation and how it affects team p formation and how it affects team

Tran, Mai; Nguyen, Hoa Thi Minh
Master thesis
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2018
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Abstract
This study aims to examine the interaction of virtuality, cultural diversity,

and team member adaptivity in relating to team effectiveness, and the role that

perceived subgroup formation plays in mediating these relationships. We propose

that perceived subgroup formation is negatively associated with team

effectiveness and that, virtuality as measured by working virtually (proportion of

time spent working face to face vs. other media), working asynchronously

(proportion of time spent working through non-simultaneous communication),

and member virtuality (dispersion of members across different locations) is

positively associated with perceived subgroup formation. Further, we propose that

cultural diversity, as measured by differences in individualism scores between

team members, interacts with virtuality in a way where perceptions of subgroup

formation are strengthened, and thus has a negative influence of team

effectiveness. On the other hand, we propose that team member’s interpersonal

adaptivity are negatively associated with perceived subgroup formation and

interact with cultural diversity and virtuality as well in relation to perceived

subgroup formation.

Regression analysis on a sample consisting of 174 employees engaged in

virtual teams was conducted. The results show that there is a positive relationship

between virtuality and perceived subgroup formation, but we found no significant

relationship between perceived subgroup formation and team effectiveness.

Furthermore, cultural diversity did not amplify the positive relationship between

virtuality and perceived subgroup formation, nor did interpersonal adaptivity

weaken the relationship. The result, however, did show that team member

interpersonal adaptivity has a positive relationship with team effectiveness.

Implications and suggestions for future research are also discussed.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology/Master of Science in Business - Leadership and Change - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2018
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