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TEAM Shining Star
An analysis of team diversity needs and
issues surrounding global virtual teams
Team Diversity in
Virtual and Global Leadership
Virtual Global Team Research Problems &
Core Issues
Virtual Global Team Research Problems
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Virtual teams working in various geographic locations require members to learn and adapt to working with others from different cultures.
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Time Zone differences may impede change as work teams need to sync with one another or achieve collective understanding, i.e. shared temporal cognition (STC)
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Research suggests that STC occurs at different points in a team’s project lifecycle due to temporal conflict (TC), e.g. disputes about time.
Virtual Global Team Issue:
Access to Opportunities
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The issue with exposing opportunities relates to diversity groups having limited access to opportunities due to existing member preference.
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Existing virtual team members may prefer working with others whom they perceive are within their own group over others believed to be in different groups.
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