Joint enterprise and the role of the intermediator: Challenges managing groupware in global virtual teams

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Managing groupware technologies in global virtual teams is viewed as a process of integrating technology and collaboration. This involves a continual negotiation of the team's goals, processes, and technology. We investigate organizational factors constraining this integration process, by analyzing the failure of integrating groupware into two global virtual teams within industry. We present an empirically driven interpretive case study conducted in a large distributed global organization. Based on the empirical observations, we reveal two organizational factors challenging the integration process: The importance of joint enterprise and the role of the intermediator.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - Sixteenth International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2005
Number of pages7
Publication date2005
Pages609-615
Article number1508340
ISBN (Print)0769524249, 9780769524245
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event16th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2005 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 22 Aug 200526 Aug 2005

Conference

Conference16th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2005
LandDenmark
ByCopenhagen
Periode22/08/200526/08/2005
SeriesProceedings - International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA
Volume2006
ISSN1529-4188

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