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  • March 2021
  • Article

Experimenting During the Shift to Virtual Team Work: Learnings from How Teams Adapted Their Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Ashley V. Whillans, Leslie Perlow and Aurora Turek
Past research has focused on understanding the characteristics of work that are fully virtual or fully collocated. The present study seeks to expand our understanding of team work by studying knowledge workers' experiences as they were suddenly forced to transition to... View Details
Keywords: Team Work; Activities; Virtual Work; Digital Technologies; Groups and Teams; Health Pandemics; Internet and the Web; Adaptation
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  • 2014
  • Article

Where Global and Virtual Meet: The Value of Examining the Intersection of These Elements in Twenty-First-Century Teams

By: Cristina B. Gibson, Laura Huang, Bradley L. Kirkman and Debra L. Shapiro
We review prior research that has examined virtuality in teams (e.g., pertaining to the use of electronic media) or the global nature of teams (e.g., national and cultural differences), demonstrating that very few scholars have examined both simultaneously. Given that... View Details
Keywords: Global Virtual Teams; Cultural Diversity; Electronic Communication; Computer-mediated Communication; Groups and Teams; Global Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Interactive Communication
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  • September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
  • Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details
Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Accommodations Industry; Accounting Industry; Advertising Industry; Aerospace Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Battery Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Bicycle Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Communications Industry; Computer Industry; Construction Industry; Consulting Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Education Industry; Electronics Industry; Employment Industry; Energy Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Fashion Industry; Financial Services Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Forest Products Industry; Forestry Industry; Green Technology Industry; Health Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Insurance Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Mining Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Music Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Relations Industry; Publishing Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Rail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Retail Industry; Rubber Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Sports Industry; Steel Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Utilities Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies
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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Virtual Team Learning: Reflecting and Acting, Alone or With Others

By: Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate
This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest novelty, uncertainty and complexity, presenting an extreme need for learning in the course of the work. We present data from an exploratory... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Product Development; Groups and Teams; Behavior
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  • June 2006 (Revised August 2006)
  • Module Note

The Virtual Entrepreneurial Team Exercise (VETE); Note to Instructors

By: Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the virtual entrepreneurial team exercise, a role-play simulation involving teams of five students from several international business schools around the world. Provides a detailed set of instructions to faculty from non-HBS business schools. The teams... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Entrepreneurship; Globalization
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  • June 2006 (Revised August 2006)
  • Background Note

The Virtual Entrepreneurial Team Exercise—VETE ; Overview and Instructions for Participants

By: Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the virtual entrepreneurial team exercise, a role-play simulation involving teams of five students from several international business schools around the world. Provides a detailed set of instructions to faculty from non-HBS business schools. The teams... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Entrepreneurship
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  • November 2020
  • Case

Creating a Virtual Internship at Goldman Sachs

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Iavor I. Bojinov and Emma Salomon
Goldman Sachs runs an annual internship for over 3,000 participants, spread across dozens of the firm's global offices. In 2020, the team brought all its resources to bear to transform the internship program into a fully virtual format in just a few short weeks. The... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Remote Operations; Remote Internship; Internship; Virtual Socialization; Human Capital Management; Human Resources; Management; Health Pandemics; Adaptation
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  • 06 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

Virtual meetings have become the standard for global and hybrid team communication, but what happens when the call ends? Participants who are in the same room keep talking—and the tone of those conversations... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 3 Aug 2007 - 8 Aug 2007
  • Conference Presentation

Virtual Team Learning: Reflecting and Acting, Alone or With Others

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Learning; Interactive Communication
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  • April 24, 2020
  • Article

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

By: Sarah Abbott, Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg and Abhijit Naik
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  • 24 Apr 2020
  • Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

someone on Goodell’s team directly. Goodell will be overseeing the whole process—from his basement in Westchester, NY. Participants have also expressed concern about the reduced information flow in a virtual... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 2005
  • Article

Beyond Knowledge Transfer: A Typology of Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Virtual Teams

By: Deborah Soule and Lynda M. Applegate
Keywords: Knowledge; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Sharing
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  • 08 Feb 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Team Scaffolds: How Minimal In-Group Structures Support Fast-Paced Teaming

Keywords: by Melissa A. Valentine & Amy C. Edmondson
  • December 2021
  • Article

Seeing Oneself as a Valued Contributor: Social Worth Affirmation Improves Team Information Sharing

By: Julia Lee Cunningham, Francesca Gino, Dan Cable and Bradley Staats
Teams often fail to reach their potential because members’ concerns about being socially accepted prevent them from offering their unique perspectives to the team. Drawing on relational self and self-affirmation theory, we argue that affirmation of team members’ social... View Details
Keywords: Social Worth Affirmation; Relational Identity; Self-affirmation; Information Sharing In Teams; Concerns About Social Acceptance; Groups and Teams; Identity; Relationships; Knowledge Sharing
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  • April 1998 (Revised July 1999)
  • Case

Randy Komisar: Virtual CEO

Randy Komisar serves as "virtual CEO" to numerous hi-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Explores Randy's role, his perspective on general management, and a choice between two opportunities in which he is considering investing his time. View Details
Keywords: Technology; Business or Company Management; Leadership; Business Startups; Management Teams; Technology Industry; California
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  • 07 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

the first project, we didn’t have a virtual team room, and didn’t have a rhythm for working together and organizing our work,” the interviewee said. “In the second project, we had a smoother View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 27 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

notes that co-location can be virtual in the case of crowdsourcing, using chat rooms, shared folders, or shared websites. "There's more complex work that really requires this teaming on the fly, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health
  • 05 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales

Virtual tours helped propel homebuying through the height of COVID-19. But now that life is back to normal, new research finds these 3D tours don’t significantly boost sale prices and may even prolong a property’s time on the market. When... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Real Estate
  • 12 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

time for team members to reevaluate how to conduct themselves and interact amid the changing circumstances. Topics for discussion should include how often team members should connect View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
  • 01 Apr 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance

Keywords: by Leigh Plunkett Tost, Francesca Gino & Richard P. Larrick

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