A economia global, apoiada no avanço tecnológico, reformas políticas e interdependência econômica, proporcionou um ambiente de negócios que difere radicalmente dos cenários do passado. Esse novo contexto conduziu as empresas ao desenvolvimento e execução de projetos que ultrapassam suas fronteiras nacionais, tanto em termos de escopo, como em relação à composição das equipes de projeto. Todavia, os projetos internacionais geralmente implicam riscos e incertezas maiores que os projetos tradicionais, tornando a competência em gestão de projetos internacionais um elemento estratégico para as organizações da atualidade. O objetivo deste trabalho é realizar uma análise da literatura sobre o tema de gerenciamento de projetos internacionais, buscando identificar os principais desafios e características desta gestão. A abordagem metodológica utilizada é a de revisão sistemática da literatura, tendo como base a teoria bibliométrica e a análise de redes sociais. A base de dados escolhida para a seleção dos artigos que compõem a amostra foi a ISI Web of Knowledge (Web of Science). As análises conduzidas sugerem que grande parte da literatura disponível envolvendo o tema de gerenciamento de projetos internacionais apoia-se em pesquisas cujas bases teóricas remetem a investigações de diferenças culturais e comportamentais entre indivíduos. Os resultados também sugerem que um dos principais desafios à gestão de projetos internacionais reside na integração adequada do projeto em si e suas equipes dispersas, processo que é dificultado por barreiras comunicativas, de compartilhamento de conhecimento e de tomada de decisão inerentes a esse contexto.

This short communication proposes an exploratory investigation regarding the impact of social media information on interpersonal trust in new virtual work partners. The suggested approach assesses this potential impact via a combination of theories from informational economic studies and virtual team research. An initial theoretical model is also proposed.

The issue of trust development among members of virtual teams is gaining increasing attention from Information Systems (IS) scholars due to the advancement of virtual collaboration in organizations. The objective of this study is to evaluate the issue of trust development in virtual team research from the perspective of main IS journals, and to consolidate the contributions made by IS researchers. To this aim, a systematic review of the literature has been conducted, supported by bibliometric and Social Network Analysis (SNA). An IS-centric review of trust concepts and research paradigms has been presented along with opportunities for future research.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential influence of virtual team size on team performance by examining group processes in the context of information technology (IT) service provisioning. This paper proposes a theoretical model of the relationships and presents an empirical study to verify the model. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing a survey questionnaire as the data collection instrument, this study focuses on IT service provisioning professionals who are actively engaged in virtual work contexts to test the relationships proposed by the theoretical model. A consistent version of the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach is used to assess the proposed hypotheses. Findings Although the statistical analyses did not provide support for the hypothesized effects of team size on virtual team performance, the results provide novel insights that may help teams overcome the functioning challenges that they face, as reported in the previous literature on virtual team size. In addition, the results highlight the importance of specific group processes for obtaining superior team performance. Originality/value Currently, virtual teams are a reality in several organizations, especially in the IT service provisioning industry. However, despite its importance, the literature suggests that virtual team size has not yet been fully explored as a possible means of enhancing group collaboration in such contexts. This paper attempts to provide an empirical contribution to this field using the latest developments in PLS-SEM.

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