Virtual Teams and Managing Diversity

All the aspects related to managing diversity are very important issues to take into account in the socio emotional process that takes place inside a virtual team. The fact to recognize that the other group members  have the experience and the knowledge to achieve the final objective that the virtual team is pursuing makes easier to build closeness in hteir working relationships, generate trust and reciprocity.
Many of these cultural differences  that could generate problems are just wrong perceptions, that's why the group members should be oriented to practice in their everyday tasks a culltural sensitivity, in order to not let any doubt of the members habilities.

Depending on the communication level, the cordination of the group members and the application of the team kwnowledge, the outcomes of the joint work could reflect a greater grade of creativity and group members satisfaction.

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Information Source: Virtual Teams and International Business. Dr. Eoin Higgins (University of Galway, Ireland)