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Subject: Call for Chapters - Virtual Teams Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:41:02 +1300 From: "Pauleen, David" David.Pauleen@SCIM.VUW.AC.NZ To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
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CALL FOR CHAPTERS Submission deadline April 30, 2002
Virtual Teams: Projects, Protocols and Processes A book edited by David J. Pauleen, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Virtual teams are a relatively new phenomenon and by definition work across time and distance through the use of information and communications technology. Virtual teams may communicate and work synchronously or asynchronously through such technologies as electronic mail, bulletin boards, audio/video/data conferencing, automated workflow, electronic voting and collaborative writing. Virtual teams are playing an increasingly important role in organizational life and are often assigned not only the most important tasks in an organization, such as multi-national product launches, negotiating mergers and acquisitions among global companies, and managing strategic alliances, but also day-to-day management, project, and supplier and customer-relations work. Since 1995, the practitioner press has been publishing "how to" books and articles on virtual teams. It has only been the last few years, however, that journal articles on field-based virtual teams have been published. There is a clear and definite need to gather the best of academic-based research on virtual teams into one book.
The primary objective of this book will be to present a series of research-based articles on virtual teams and important related issues. Emphasis will be on practical applied research. Thus we need a collection of industry-based research work on virtual teams which will address how virtual teams are used within organizational contexts, how virtual team members work together, and the key human processes that affect virtual teamwork and team-task success. An important underlying theme in these areas is the use and effects of ICT in virtual teams.
Representative topics include but are not limited to the following:
Virtual Teams in the Organization Virtual team tasks and projects, virtual teams and organizational structure (the networked or virtual organization), virtual teams and organizational support such as HR, IT, and management, virtual teams and knowledge management, etc.
Virtual Teams and ICT The latest in synchronous and asynchronous communication channels and distributed groupware and GDSS as it applies to virtual teams, task/projects and communications, decision making etc.
Virtual Teams Protocols Organizational, virtual team leader and/or team member-generated protocols (rules, regulations, guidelines) for virtual teams and their impact on virtual team effectiveness.
Virtual Team Processes Virtual team membership selection and member skills, leadership, the development of personal and working relationships and trust, communication, cultural issues, etc.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2002, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 15, 2002 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by October 15, 2002. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a blind review basis. I am pleased to announce that the book will be published by Idea Group Inc., publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing and IRM Press imprints.
Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word2000)) to: David J. Pauleen, Ph.D. Victoria University of Wellington School of Information Management PO Box 2000 Wellington, New Zealand Tel: (64) 4 463 6886 * Fax: (64) 4-463 5446 * Email: david.pauleen@vuw.ac.nz
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