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Achieving High Performance Outcomes through Trust in Virtual Teams

Achieving High Performance Outcomes through Trust in Virtual Teams
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Author(s): Bonnie S. O’Neill (Marquette University, USA)and Todd Nilson (Talent Acquisition Partners, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 6
Source title: Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Teresa Torres-Coronas (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)and Mario Arias-Oliva (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Catalonia, Spain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-883-3.ch001

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Abstract

Developing trust among team members is critical for achieving high performance outcomes. Recently, global business operations necessitated working in a team environment with colleagues outside traditional organizational boundaries, across distances, and across time zones. In this article, we discuss how human resource practices can support organizational initiatives when business operations mandate increased virtual teamwork. We examine the role of HR in enhancing relationship building and the development of trust among workers who may rarely, if ever, meet face-toface. Using research from teamwork, social exchange theory, and knowledge sharing, we discuss how four areas of human resources management—recruitment, training, performance appraisal, and compensation/reward— might combine with technology to facilitate the development of trust among virtual team members.

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