Overview

In recent years, there has been much interest in the 'virtual' –teams, organizations and communities –in management research and practice. As technology and social practices change we have more opportunity to experience different forms of virtuality, and in the process our understanding and conception of virtuality changes.

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Author:   N. Panteli ,  M. Chiasson
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9780230201286

ISBN 10:   0230201288
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   09 May 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Rethinking Virtuality: N.Panteli& M.Chiasson PART I: VIRTUALITY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS Socialization in a Global Context: Lessons from Dispersed Teams; I.Oshri, J.Kotlarsky& L.Willcocks  Shared Communication Practices and Mental Models in the Virtual Work Environment; K.M.Chudoba& M.Watson-Manheim Building Virtual Cooperation: Guidelines for Effective Performance; V.Weems-Landingham Virtuality in Organizational Team Environments: Concept, Measurement and Effects in the Context of Sustainable Management; C.Schmidt, B.K.Temple, A.McCready, J.Newman& S.C.Kinzler  Regulated and Emergent Identifications in Virtual Organization; L.Yan Reconciling Visions and Realities of Virtual Working: Findings from the UK Chemicals Industry; P.Dunning Lewis & M.Katsorchi-Hayes Virtuality of Teams: Extending Boundaries and Discontinuities; K.Dixon& N.Panteli PART II: VIRTUALITY BEYOND ORGANIZATIONS Building Social Identity through Blogging; P.Pluempavarn& N.Panteli Playing Together in Cyberspace: Collective Action and Shared Meaning Constitution in Virtual Worlds; A.Papargyris & A.Poulymenakou Luminal Possibilities for the Study of Virtual Systems, Global Effects and Local Practices; M.Chiasson Virtuality: Time, Space, Consciousness and a Second Life; D.Kreps The Virtual and Virtuality:Toward Dialogues of Transdisciplinarity; J.Hunsinger Is Everything Virtuality? Exploring the Boundaries of the Topics; M.Chiasson& N.Panteli

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NIKI PANTELI is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Director for the Centre for Information Management at the University of Bath, UK and the Chair of the IFIP W.G. 9.5 'Virtuality& Society'.  MIKE CHIASSON is currently a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University's Management School, in the Department of Management Science.  Before joining Lancaster University, he was an Associate Professor in the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary from 1999 to 2006, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999. 

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