| Title: | Managing virtual teams in multinational companies |
| Author/s: | Mogale, Lizzy Sutherland, Margaret |
| LC Subjects: | Multinational work teams International business enterprises -- Employees Virtual work teams Leadership |
| Keywords: | Virtual teams (Work teams) |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher: | Graduate School of Business Leadership and the Department of Business Management, University of South Africa |
| Citation: | Mogale, L & Sutherland, M 2010, 'Managing virtual teams in multinational companies', South African Journal of Labour Relations, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 7-24. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_labour.html] |
| Abstract: | Globalisation and advances in technology have led to the rapid increase in permanent virtual teams in multinational companies as a form of competitive advantage. The main purpose of this research was to identify perceptions on leadership preferences and factors enabling or inhibiting the effective leadership of virtual teams. The qualitative phase of this research generated in-depth knowledge on the constructs for phase 2, which consisted of a survey of 59 respondents from four continents. The outcome revealed that socio-emotional leadership capabilities are key to success in the leadership of multinational virtual teams. Specific recommendations are made to virtual team leaders on the basis of consistent views expressed by managers and subordinates on findings on the relative importance of key leadership skills, plus the enablers and inhibitors of managing virtual teams. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15316 |
| ISSN: | 0379-8410 |
| Rights: | Graduate School of Business Leadership and the Department of Business Management, University of South Africa |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | en |
| Appears in Collections: | OpenUP (Research Articles University of Pretoria) Research Articles (GIBS) |
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