TY - GEN
T1 - Occurrence and effects of leader delegation in virtual teams
AU - Zhang, Suling
AU - Tremaine, Marilyn
AU - Egan, Rich
AU - Milewski, Allen
AU - Plotnick, Linda
AU - O'Sullivan, Patrick
AU - Fjermestad, Jerry
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Virtual teams are an important work structure in software development projects. However, little is known about what constitutes effective virtual team leadership, in particular, what amount of leader delegation is appropriate in a virtual environment? This study investigates virtual team leader delegation and explores the impact of delegation strategies on virtual team performance mediated by team motivation, team flexibility and team satisfaction with the team leader The research is a report of a pilot study run on student teams carried out to refine and test the research constructs and research model. The study found that virtual team leaders delegate more to competent virtual teams and that delegation is positively correlated with team member satisfaction with their leader and with team member motivation. This work provides important knowledge for software-based organizations interested in developing virtual team leadership skills.
AB - Virtual teams are an important work structure in software development projects. However, little is known about what constitutes effective virtual team leadership, in particular, what amount of leader delegation is appropriate in a virtual environment? This study investigates virtual team leader delegation and explores the impact of delegation strategies on virtual team performance mediated by team motivation, team flexibility and team satisfaction with the team leader The research is a report of a pilot study run on student teams carried out to refine and test the research constructs and research model. The study found that virtual team leaders delegate more to competent virtual teams and that delegation is positively correlated with team member satisfaction with their leader and with team member motivation. This work provides important knowledge for software-based organizations interested in developing virtual team leadership skills.
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2008.329
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2008.329
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51449119127
SN - 0769530753
SN - 9780769530758
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
BT - Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS
T2 - 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2008, HICSS
Y2 - 7 January 2008 through 10 January 2008
ER -