The Evolution of the Virtuality Phenomenon in Organisations: A Critical Literature Review

Orhan, Mehmet

doi:10.15678/eber.2017.050408

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“…The topic of remote work has been covered extensively in published research, often with a focus on virtuality as a central component. Orhan (2017), specifically in context of teams, concluded that virtuality had been defined in at least 10 different ways, though, as argued by Raghuram et al (2019), “common to these definitions are geographic dispersion and dependence on technology in work-related interactions between employees” (p. 1), but that other elements of these definitions vary. These two key characteristics of virtuality align with the definition of telecommuting presented by Nicklin et al (2016): work that “(a) occurs outside the traditional workplace and (b) uses (information communication technology [ICT]) equipment to maintain some level of presence” (p. 43), with ICTs generally recognized as tools that aid in the storage, analysis, or transmission of data or information (e.g., laptop, internet access, email, web conferencing).…”

Section: Defining Remote Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is not currently a precise way to define degree of virtuality when it comes to remote work. Orhan (2017) reviewed numerous definitions, arguing that the literature is “loaded with many different (and sometimes even conflicting) dimensions” (p. 183). In his content review of the literature, he argued that degree of virtuality is probably best determined by the amount of face-to-face interaction that occurs.…”

Section: Defining Remote Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Raghuram et al (2019) noted, articles that focus on “telecommuting,” “computer-mediated communication,” and “virtual teams” rely on different source references, discuss different constructs, and vary in their approach to remote work. The lack of consistency across different research domains (e.g., business/management, information systems, communication) can lead to differing (and sometimes conflicting) definitions of relevant constructs (Orhan, 2017) and possible difficulty in translating the evidence into practical application. This translation issue carries implications for the actual application of research results by consulting psychologists and other practitioners.…”

Section: Defining Remote Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Remote work: More nuance and unknowns than broad generalizations.

Grawitch,

Lavigne,

Koziel

et al. 2024

Consulting Psychology Journal

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Drawing on the existing integrative evidence (e.g., reviews, meta-analyses, theory articles) from 2016 to 2022, the current review synthesizes the remote work literature and identifies conclusions that can be drawn based on the current evidence. The review spans three remote work clusters: telecommuting, computer-mediated work, and virtual teams. Four major conclusions were identified: (a) remote work tends to be cost-effective for the organization, but the cost-effectiveness can vary based on context; (b) remote work comes with trade-offs for most employees, and not all employees will thrive in remote work settings; (c) degree of virtuality is likely an important moderator, regardless of the outcomes of interest; and (d) there is a lot we do not know about what leads to effective remote work or how to ensure a sufficient likelihood of effectiveness. Sources of current unknowns in the literature are reviewed (e.g., understudied constructs, the absolute importance of key factors), and recommendations for future research and practice are provided. What's It Mean? Implications for Consulting PsychologyIn virtual/mixed work environments, consulting psychologists should consider how degrees of virtuality may determine which needs should be assessed and addressed. Degrees of virtuality-indicated by the extent of geographical dispersion, usage of information and communication technology (e.g., laptop, email, web conferencing), and face-to-face contact-can act as a guide for identifying possible leverage points for intervention. Consulting psychologists have the important role of helping managers to reimagine their roles to better anticipate and accommodate the diverse needs of virtual workers.

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Section: Defining Remote Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Defining Remote Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Defining Remote Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Remote work: More nuance and unknowns than broad generalizations.

Grawitch,

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Koziel

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Consulting Psychology Journal

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“…Online news is a well-researched field, with many good reasons why artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have the potential to improve the way we consume news online (Orhan, 2017;Mazurek et al, 2019). At the same time, news is a biased form of media that is increasingly driven by content that can sell advertising.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring the Similarities of Twitter Hashtags for Agriculture in the Czech Language

Sabou¹,

Cihelka²,

Ulman³

et al. 2019

AOL

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Our paper presents first analysis of Czech Twitter content within the agriculture context. We deployed textual analysis of more than 240,000 tweets over 2014-2019 hashtags that were, according to Google Trends, most trending and related to Czech agriculture such as #dotace, #repka, or #bionafta-both in Czech and English language. Besides descriptive statistics of the tweet dataset, we visualized keyword correlations which revealed strong focus of the discourse on rapeseed, biofuel and the prime minister Andrej Babiš. Owing to inherent political context of the given hashtags, we found spikes in topics which followed the public attention to the topics in mass media. We also found several accounts that produces high traffic for certain hashtags in Czech, yet those accounts were located abroad. Consistent with other studies, a high proportion of tweets was generated by unverified accounts that might be bots-automated accounts. We propose to conduct semantic analysis of a broader dataset over the main social media platforms in the Czech Republic.

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“…Organizational distension of virtual team work (Gilson, et al , 2015) and electronic leadership (e-leadership) (Annunzio, 2001) has reorganized team experiences in the status quo given that membership composition changes regularly (Orhan, 2017) and that mobile technologies are used ubiquitously (Vartiainen, 2006; Ylikauppila, et al , 2014). Principal among mobile technologies is the smartphone, a device used by half of the global population (We are social, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring m-leader affordances: team leaders and mobile technologies

Gilstrap

2019

TPM

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Purpose This paper aims to examine how mobile technologies impact virtual team leaders and provides insight into how mobile technologies afford leaders varied capacity to accomplish their team work. Design/methodology/approach The author addresses the research questions by assessing a large, qualitative data set drawn from surveyed mobile team leaders, analyzing the data using Leximancer software to explore naturally emerging concepts and then interpreting the data thematics using axial coding. Findings In addition to demonstrating that virtual team leaders are well aware they use mobile technologies regularly, this paper also suggests e-leaders be known as m-leaders, clarifies the entanglements of mobility and leadership practices and offers insight into the m-leader affordance dimensions of multimediality, multimodality, multichronicity and multimotility. Originality/value This paper is among the first to investigate team leaders relative to mobile technology as well as what such technology offers m-leaders and mobile teams. Additionally, the size of the data set provides unique insight into m-leaders’ experiences across myriad sectors.

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The Evolution of the Virtuality Phenomenon in Organisations: A Critical Literature Review

Cited by 9 publications

References 48 publications

Remote work: More nuance and unknowns than broad generalizations.

Remote work: More nuance and unknowns than broad generalizations.

Measuring the Similarities of Twitter Hashtags for Agriculture in the Czech Language

Exploring m-leader affordances: team leaders and mobile technologies

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