Exploring Virtuality Within and Beyond Organizations
Social, Global and Local Dimensions
Published on 9. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
XX, 294 pages
978-1-349-29940-9 (ISBN)
Description
In recent years, there has been much interest in the 'virtual' -teams, organizations and communities -in management research and practice. As technology and social practices change we have more opportunity to experience different forms of virtuality, and in the process our understanding and conception of virtuality changes.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XX, 294 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-29940-9 (9781349299409)
DOI
10.1057/9780230593978
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Social, Global and Local Dimensions
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Social, Global and Local Dimensions
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05/2008
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Persons
NIKI PANTELI is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems and Director for the Centre for Information Management at the University of Bath, UK and the Chair of the IFIP W.G. 9.5 'Virtuality& Society'.
MIKE CHIASSON is currently a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University's Management School, in the Department of Management Science. Before joining Lancaster University, he was an Associate Professor in the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary from 1999 to 2006, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.
MIKE CHIASSON is currently a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University's Management School, in the Department of Management Science. Before joining Lancaster University, he was an Associate Professor in the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary from 1999 to 2006, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the University of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999.
Content
Rethinking Virtuality:
N.Panteli
&
M.Chiasson
PART I: VIRTUALITY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
Socialization in a Global Context: Lessons from Dispersed Teams; I.Oshri, J.Kotlarsky & L.Willcocks
Shared Communication Practices and Mental Models in the Virtual Work Environment; K.M.Chudoba & M.Watson-Manheim
Building Virtual Cooperation: Guidelines for Effective Performance; V.Weems-Landingham
Virtuality in Organizational Team Environments: Concept, Measurement and Effects in the Context of Sustainable Management; C.Schmidt, B.K.Temple, A.McCready, J.Newman & S.C.Kinzler
Regulated and Emergent Identifications in Virtual Organization; L.Yan
Reconciling Visions and Realities of Virtual Working: Findings from the UK Chemicals Industry; P.Dunning Lewis & M.Katsorchi-Hayes
Virtuality of Teams: Extending Boundaries and Discontinuities; K.Dixon & N.Panteli
PART II: VIRTUALITY BEYOND ORGANIZATIONS
Building Social Identity through Blogging; P.Pluempavarn & N.Panteli
Playing Together in Cyberspace: Collective Action and Shared Meaning Constitution in Virtual Worlds; A.Papargyris & A.Poulymenakou
Luminal Possibilities for the Study of Virtual Systems, Global Effects and Local Practices; M.Chiasson
Virtuality: Time, Space, Consciousness and a Second Life; D.Kreps
TheVirtual and Virtuality:Toward Dialogues of Transdisciplinarity; J.Hunsinger
Is Everything Virtuality? Exploring the Boundaries of the Topics; M.Chiasson & N.Panteli
PART I: VIRTUALITY WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
Socialization in a Global Context: Lessons from Dispersed Teams; I.Oshri, J.Kotlarsky & L.Willcocks
Shared Communication Practices and Mental Models in the Virtual Work Environment; K.M.Chudoba & M.Watson-Manheim
Building Virtual Cooperation: Guidelines for Effective Performance; V.Weems-Landingham
Virtuality in Organizational Team Environments: Concept, Measurement and Effects in the Context of Sustainable Management; C.Schmidt, B.K.Temple, A.McCready, J.Newman & S.C.Kinzler
Regulated and Emergent Identifications in Virtual Organization; L.Yan
Reconciling Visions and Realities of Virtual Working: Findings from the UK Chemicals Industry; P.Dunning Lewis & M.Katsorchi-Hayes
Virtuality of Teams: Extending Boundaries and Discontinuities; K.Dixon & N.Panteli
PART II: VIRTUALITY BEYOND ORGANIZATIONS
Building Social Identity through Blogging; P.Pluempavarn & N.Panteli
Playing Together in Cyberspace: Collective Action and Shared Meaning Constitution in Virtual Worlds; A.Papargyris & A.Poulymenakou
Luminal Possibilities for the Study of Virtual Systems, Global Effects and Local Practices; M.Chiasson
Virtuality: Time, Space, Consciousness and a Second Life; D.Kreps
TheVirtual and Virtuality:Toward Dialogues of Transdisciplinarity; J.Hunsinger
Is Everything Virtuality? Exploring the Boundaries of the Topics; M.Chiasson & N.Panteli