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We welcome all those interested in virtual work research (e.g., virtual and distributed teams, telework/telecommuting, computer-mediated communication) to join us for this interactive, cross-disciplinary panel symposium.
Virtual Work Research: Crossing Boundaries
Virtual work and teams
Program Session: 1228 | Submission: 12195 | Sponsor(s): (OB, HR)
Scheduled: Monday, Aug 7 2017 1:15PM - 2:45PM at Hilton Atlanta in Galleria 2
Organizer: Sumita Raghuram, Pennsylvania State U.
Organizer: N. Sharon Hill, George Washington U.
Speaker: Likoebe Maruping, Georgia State U.
Speaker: Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld, New York U.
Speaker: Jennifer Gibbs, U. of California, Santa Barbara
Speaker: Bradford S. Bell, Cornell U.
Speaker: Carolyn Axtell, The U. of Sheffield
Virtual work research has grown significantly and, over time, attracted scholars from diverse disciplines. While this has brought multiple perspectives, it has also brought the risk of segmentation into disparate clusters of research (e.g., virtual teams, telework). We used co-citation analysis to map network data and the development of virtual work research clusters for the past 20 years. We find some coalescing of research clusters, but also a separation into three primary clusters: virtual teamwork, telework and computer-mediated communication. Our panelists represent these distinct domains. Consistent with the conference theme, 'At the interface', the purpose of this panel symposium is to advance virtual work scholarship by identifying opportunities to bridge the boundaries between the research clusters described above in order to better leverage and integrate research from different domains. With this, we hope to identify future research opportunities cutting across the domains. This will be a highly interactive symposium.
Best regards,
N. Sharon Hill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Management
George Washington University
School of Business
315F Funger Hall
2201 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
nshill@gwu.edu
http://business.gwu.edu/profiles/n-sharon-hill/