Advancement in communication technology enables the organisation to expand its team-based structure from co-located teams to the global virtual team (GVT). In spite of that, most of the study on GVT performance encountered a few common problems. Firstly, it is difficult to identify a standard set of valid measures for GVT performance. Besides, the limitation in recent literature to capture the impact of different dimensions of diversity on GVT performance posed anther challenges.
Similarly, the problem of the elusive concept of the extent of virtuality in GVT study has also received little attention in the literature. In addition, a closer look is necessary on how team trust, team cohesion, team confidence, team knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), team creativity affect GVT performance. These factors frequently appeared in the literature, but the results are somehow contradictory and not integrated.
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