Between Control and Trust – Leadership in Virtual Project
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Pomiędzy kontrolą i zaufaniem – jakich liderów potrzebują wirtualne zespoły projektowe
Between Control and Trust – Leadership in Virtual Project Teams

Author(s): Beata Krawczyk-Bryłka
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: virtual team; team trust; virtual leadership

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the virtual teams management which is the serious challengebecause of geographical dispersion and computer mediated communication.The author focused on the balance between control and trust that is crucial for virtualproject teams. The main aim is to prepare the list of recommendations for virtual teamsleaders how to provide appropriate relation between control and trust rules. They arepresented in six groups based on six-factors virtual team trust model. The first four arededicated to the trust factors that should be fulfilled at the high level to ensure goodteam climate and performance (benefit, utility, interest and power). The recommendationsin the next two groups are suggestions how to decrease the influence of the factorsthat can ruin virtual team trust (risk, effort).

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 2.2
  • Page Range: 67-81
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish