The work place is becoming more flexible and an increasing number of employees report to a leader in another location or country. The borders between different countries, work places and cultures are diminished to a greater extent than before. Working from a distance means new opportunities in terms of competence development, flexibility in working...
In a world that is getting more and more globalized and dependent of the progress within the sphere of technology, there is a need for organizations to keep up with this development. Virtual Teams are a developing area, where there is a strive and a consistent desire to evolve and reach a higher level of efficiency. There is also a development when...
This Master thesis is an exploratory study that had the initial aim to research leadership in distributed teams, but, which ended up changing the focus as a result of unexpected findings. Therefore, the study refocused on collaboration in distributed teams with the purpose to explore the work environment of distributed teams from a collaborative pe...
I samband med digitaliseringen går allt fler organisationer ifrån traditionellt arbete till mer flexibla och virtuella miljöer. Traditionella fysiska möten har bytts ut mot att medarbetare och anställda kan ansluta sig utöver organisationers fysiska gränser, och virtuella team förekommer i flera olika skepnader. Tidigare forskning har belyst flera ...
This study aims to recognize how virtual teams should be coordinated and led in organizations that operate at multiple sites. To fulfill the purpose of the study, a literature review on previous research on virtual teams was implemented. Further, a qualitative study including interviews with leaders at different levels at Ericsson was conducted to ...
L’objet de cet article est d’aborder, dans une approche positiviste, les questions de l’engagement des e-leaders dans l’environnement virtuel à travers les réseaux sociaux (RS) et ce au sein des PMEs d’un pays en voie de développement : la Tunisie. Les résultats montrent des liens significatifs entre certains facteurs organisationnels en rapport av...
Globalization and technological developments have made it possible to engage in virtual work modes. Globalization also enabled an enormous spread of the ongoing pandemic of covid-19. A situation that forced previously co-located teams to become virtual teams. This required an adaption for leaders to lead in an environment that differs vastly from t...
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Virtual teamwork as a new way of working is becoming increasingly prevalent in a growingly globalized and digitalized working environment. Due to the associated raise in health-related stress factors at the workplace and the central role of leaders in workplace health promotion, the aim of this study is to obtain initial findings on the use of heal...
Abstract Title: Work to home- Home to work - A qualitative study of the changes that has taken place in communication between managers and employees after reorganization to teleworking. Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Malardalen University Level: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration, ...
The objective of this study was to develop and validate a scale to measure leadership skills in a remote work environment; the population consisted of 556 employees from ten companies in the education, textile, telecommunications, consulting and commerce sectors in the regions of Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, Puno and Tacna in Peru; the instrument initial...
