“…Some studies have asserted that cultural diversity in GVTs has dramatic effects on the performance of the team and gives rise to many serious issues in GVTs management (Hitson, 2008, Connaughton and Shuffler, 2007, Zimmermann, 2011. Major issues regarded as problematic due to the diversity dominant in GVTs include matters pertaining team cohesiveness (Martins andSchilpzand, 2011, Powell et al, 2004) and the identity of the team (O' Leary and Mortensen, 2011, Shapiro et al, 2002, Hertel et al, 2005. The mechanism of the influence of the virtuality of the team on the aforementioned variables and the concomitant impacts on GVTs' performance is still ambiguous within the literature.…”