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Virtual Teams: Decision-making dynamics
Virtual Teams and Digital Understanding Human Dynamics in Cyberspace
Virtual teams are not a new phenomenon, nor is the scientific study of cyberspace as a social environment where communication is mediated through digital tools. What is more recent, however, is the focused exploration of how virtual teams truly function — how people collaborate, communicate, and make decisions without physical presence.
Since the 1990s, email and telephone have enabled remote collaboration, but until only a few years ago, physical co-presence was still considered essential for defining a real team. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns radically changed this perception, making virtual teamwork not just an option, but a necessity.
This book explores how remote work and online communication have transformed human interaction, creating new challenges and complexities. From managing synchronous and asynchronous communication, to navigating privacy concerns, lack of visual cues, and the unique emotional intensity of online exchanges, virtual collaboration requires a new understanding of social behavior in digital spaces.
Through a clear and research-based analysis, this study examines the relational and decision-making processes that develop within virtual teams, highlighting both their difficulties and opportunities. It reveals how ambiguity, anonymity, and emotional engagement shape the way people connect and collaborate online — offering insights valuable to researchers, professionals, and anyone interested in the psychology of remote work, digital communication, and virtual team dynamics.
Virtual teams are not a new phenomenon, nor is the scientific study of cyberspace as a social environment where communication is mediated through digital tools. What is more recent, however, is the focused exploration of how virtual teams truly function — how people collaborate, communicate, and make decisions without physical presence.
Since the 1990s, email and telephone have enabled remote collaboration, but until only a few years ago, physical co-presence was still considered essential for defining a real team. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns radically changed this perception, making virtual teamwork not just an option, but a necessity.
This book explores how remote work and online communication have transformed human interaction, creating new challenges and complexities. From managing synchronous and asynchronous communication, to navigating privacy concerns, lack of visual cues, and the unique emotional intensity of online exchanges, virtual collaboration requires a new understanding of social behavior in digital spaces.
Through a clear and research-based analysis, this study examines the relational and decision-making processes that develop within virtual teams, highlighting both their difficulties and opportunities. It reveals how ambiguity, anonymity, and emotional engagement shape the way people connect and collaborate online — offering insights valuable to researchers, professionals, and anyone interested in the psychology of remote work, digital communication, and virtual team dynamics.
90 pages, Paperback
Published March 21, 2023
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About the author
Stefania Lucchetti
24 books18 followersStefania Lucchetti is a contemporary award-winning Italian poet and essayist. She is bilingual (Italian-English) and writes in both languages.
Born in 1975 in Italy, she saw her first poem published at the age of 13 while living in the US with her family, marking the beginning of a long journey as wordsmith. After the diploma at the liceo classico Alighieri in Gorizia and juris doctorate from the Catholic University of Milan in 1999 with a thesis on the liberalisation of the telecommunications regulatory framework, she embarked on a career as a multiqualified lawyer in the field of international commercial law in Milan, London and Hong Kong, without ever ceasing to write. Among the first Italian lawyers to specialize in telecommunications and new technologies, she advised several early internet pioneers during the dot-com boom. Lucchetti was the first Italian lawyer to also qualify as a solicitor in Hong Kong SAR, after qualifying in the UK. She also obtain a second master’s degree in clinical psychology out of personal interest and to enrich her knowledge base and her writing.
Her profile is listed in Italian Poetry Org, Wikipoesia, and Poetesse Donne.
Born in 1975 in Italy, she saw her first poem published at the age of 13 while living in the US with her family, marking the beginning of a long journey as wordsmith. After the diploma at the liceo classico Alighieri in Gorizia and juris doctorate from the Catholic University of Milan in 1999 with a thesis on the liberalisation of the telecommunications regulatory framework, she embarked on a career as a multiqualified lawyer in the field of international commercial law in Milan, London and Hong Kong, without ever ceasing to write. Among the first Italian lawyers to specialize in telecommunications and new technologies, she advised several early internet pioneers during the dot-com boom. Lucchetti was the first Italian lawyer to also qualify as a solicitor in Hong Kong SAR, after qualifying in the UK. She also obtain a second master’s degree in clinical psychology out of personal interest and to enrich her knowledge base and her writing.
Her profile is listed in Italian Poetry Org, Wikipoesia, and Poetesse Donne.
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