Managing information overload in virtual teams: Effects of a structured online team adaptation on cognition and performance

Ellwart, Thomas; Happ, Christian; Gurtner, Andrea; Rack, Oliver

doi:10.1080/1359432x.2014.1000873

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“…share what they know. If the task were structured such that members were less able to anticipate who will need what information in order to perform their part, proactive information sharing may not only be less prevalent, but also less effective: Pushing information to recipients for whom it is irrelevant would increase counterproductive information overload (Ellwart, Happ, Gurtner, & Rack, 2015). In sum, effective information sharing depends on both motivation and ability to seek and to share information (Reinholt, Pedersen, & Foss, 2011).…”

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Identity Asymmetries: An Experimental Investigation of Social Identity and Information Exchange in Multiteam Systems

Mell

DeChurch²,

Contractor

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Identity Asymmetries: An Experimental Investigation of Social Identity and Information Exchange in Multiteam Systems

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“…For further research, it may be worthwhile to test especially boundarylessness in another quantitative study of a larger scale or longitudinal research design again since it did not appear as a signi cant job demand in this study. Future research may also want to examine other possible virtual job demands, such as technological stressors, coordinating efforts, con ict susceptibility, or information overload (6,11,71).…”

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Boundarylessness and sleep quality among virtual team members – a pilot study from Germany

Rohwer

Kordsmeyer

Harth

et al. 2020

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Background: In the course of globalisation and digitalisation, new ways of work are becoming increasingly prevalent. To remain competitive as an organisation, cooperation across time, place, and organisational boundaries is becoming necessary. Virtual teamwork offers these advantages, but can also be both, an opportunity and a burden, for employees. This pilot study aims to gain first insights into job demands and resources in virtual teamwork to provide a basis for further research from which appropriate health promotion and prevention measures can be derived.Methods: In this pilot study, an online questionnaire was used to examine the relationship between boundarylessness as a job demand, psychological detachment as a personal resource, as well as perceived stress and sleep quality as health outcomes among 46 virtual team members from Germany. Data collection lasted from October 2019 to January 2020. Validated scales were used for the questionnaire, except for virtuality. Due to insufficient operationalisation to date, a virtuality scale was developed based on the current state of research. The data were analysed with ordinal logistic regression analyses and median split t-tests.Results: The results indicate that perceived stress impaired sleep quality of virtual team members in this sample. In contrast, successful psychological detachment from work was positively related to sleep quality. A higher degree of virtuality coincided with higher levels of boundarylessness. Virtual team members with leadership responsibility showed higher levels of psychological detachment.Conclusion: The present pilot study breaks ground and provides initial insights into the relationship between virtual teamwork and employee health in the German context. Further research, particularly on job demands in virtual teamwork, is needed to derive concrete health promotion and prevention measures.

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“…For further research it may be worthwhile to test especially boundarylessness in another quantitative study of a larger scale or longitudinal research design again since it did not appear as a significant job demand in this study. Future research may also want to examine other possible virtual job demands, such as technological stressors, coordinating efforts, conflict susceptibility, or information overload (6,11,72).…”

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Boundarylessness and sleep quality among virtual team members – a cross-sectional study from Germany

Rohwer

Kordsmeyer

Harth

et al. 2020

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Background In the course of globalisation and digitalisation, new ways of work become increasingly prevalent. To remain competitive as an organisation, cooperation across time, place, and organisational boundaries becomes necessary. Virtual teamwork offers these advantages, but can also be both, an opportunity and a burden, for employees. The aim of this study is to gain first insights into job demands and resources in virtual teamwork to create a basis for deducing appropriate health promotion and prevention measures. Methods In this cross-sectional study, an online questionnaire was used to examine the relationship between boundarylessness as a job demand, psychological detachment as a personal resource, as well as perceived stress and sleep quality as health outcomes among 46 employees in virtual teamwork in Germany. Data collection lasted from October 2019 to January 2020. Validated scales were used for the questionnaire, except for virtuality. Due to insufficient operationalisation to date, a virtuality scale was developed based on the current state of research. The data were analysed with multiple regression analyses. Results The results show that virtuality and perceived stress impaired sleep quality of virtual team members in this sample. In contrast, successful psychological detachment from work was positively related to sleep quality. There were no significant results for boundarylessness. Virtual team members with managerial responsibility showed higher levels of psychological detachment. Conclusion The study provides first insights in the relationship between virtual teamwork and employee health in the German context. Further research, particularly on job demands in virtual teamwork, is needed to derive concrete health promotion and prevention measures.

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Managing information overload in virtual teams: Effects of a structured online team adaptation on cognition and performance

Cited by 73 publications

References 81 publications

Identity Asymmetries: An Experimental Investigation of Social Identity and Information Exchange in Multiteam Systems

Identity Asymmetries: An Experimental Investigation of Social Identity and Information Exchange in Multiteam Systems

Boundarylessness and sleep quality among virtual team members – a pilot study from Germany

Boundarylessness and sleep quality among virtual team members – a cross-sectional study from Germany

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