?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Virtual+teams%3A+a+literature+review&rft.creator=Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader&rft.creator=Ahmed%2C+S.&rft.creator=Taha%2C+Zahari&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.subject=Peer+Review&rft.description=In+the+competitive+market+%2C+virtual+teams+represent+a+growing+response+to+the+need+for+fasting+time-to-+market%2C+low-cost+and+rapid+solutions+to+complex+organizational+problems.+Virtual+teams+enable+organizations+to+pool+the+talents+and+expertise+of+employees+and+non-employees+by+eliminating+time+and+space+barriers+.+Nowadays%2C+companies+are+heavily+investing+in+virtual+team+to+enhance+their+performance+and+competitiveness.+Despite+virtual+teams+growing+prevalence%2C+relatively+little+is+known+about+this+new+form+of+team.+Hence+the+study+offers+an+extensive+literature+review+with+definitions+o+f+virtual+teams+and+a+structured+analysis+of+the+present+body+of+knowledge+of+virtual+teams.+First%2C+we+distinguish+virtual+teams+from+conventional+teams+%2C+different+types+of+virtual+teams+to+identify+where+current+knowledge+applies.+Second%2C+we+distinguish+what+is+needed+for+effective+virtual+team+considering+the+people%2C+process+and+technology+point+of+view+and+underlying+characteristics+of+virtual+teams+and+challenges+they+entail.+Finally%2C+we+have+identified+an+d+extended+12+key+factors+that+need+to+be+considered%2C+and+describes+a+methodology+focused+on+supporting+virtual+team+working%2C+with+a+new+approach+that+has+not+been+specifically+addressed+in+the+existing+literature+and+some+guide+line+for+future+research+extracted.&rft.publisher=INSInet+Publication&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7814%2F1%2F2653-2669.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ale+Ebrahim%2C+Nader+and+Ahmed%2C+S.+and+Taha%2C+Zahari++(2009)+Virtual+teams%3A+a+literature+review.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7814%2F